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About Turkhera Village

Turkhera is a mid sized village in Shahabad tehsil, in the district of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 483 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.42 hectares hectares.

Turkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkhera village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rampur
Tehsil Shahabad
Area (hectares) 191.42 hectares
Population 906
Male Population 483
Female Population 423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Turkhera compares

By the 2011 count Turkhera is the 116th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,660 residents. Its 191.42 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Turkhera

Turkhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turkhera as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turkhera from other places

Turkhera lies about 28 km from Rampur, and the nearest railway station is Raja Ka Sahaspur Junction, about 9.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Turkhera
Nearest town Bilāri 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Raja Ka Sahaspur Junction 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahabad 14 km
District headquarters Rampur 28 km

Villages closest to Turkhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahabad tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Turkhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkhera village had a population of 906. That makes it the 116th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,660 residents.

Turkhera village has 483 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkhera has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Turkhera covers 191.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turkhera falls under Shahabad tehsil of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turkhera is Raja Ka Sahaspur Junction, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Turkhera.

Turkhera is about 28 km from Rampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turkhera is in Shahabad tehsil of Rampur district. Bilāri is about 7.2 km away. Raja Ka Sahaspur Junction is about 9.6 km away. Shahabad is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Devi Pura (2.1 km), Mohammadpur Urf Nayagaon (3.2 km) and Mohiddin Nagar (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Turkhera today is likely to be higher.

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