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About Shikarpur Village

Shikarpur is a mid sized village in Tanda tehsil, in the district of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 292 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.41 hectares hectares.

Shikarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Rampur
Tehsil Tanda
Area (hectares) 104.41 hectares
Population 529
Male Population 292
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 812
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shikarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpur is the 131st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,776 residents. Its 104.41 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Shikarpur

Shikarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shikarpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shikarpur from other places

Shikarpur lies about 12 km from Rampur, and the nearest railway station is Mundha Pande, about 13 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 Shikarpur
Tehsil headquarters Tanda 8.2 km
Nearest town Tānda 8.2 km
District headquarters Rampur 12 km
Nearest railway station Mundha Pande 13 km

Villages closest to Shikarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tanda 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 Shikarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarpur village had a population of 529. That makes it the 131st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,776 residents.

Shikarpur village has 292 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpur has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Shikarpur covers 104.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikarpur falls under Tanda tehsil of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpur is Mundha Pande, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Shikarpur is about 12 km from Rampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpur is in Tanda tehsil of Rampur district. Tanda is about 8.2 km away. Tānda is about 8.2 km away. Rampur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darshanpur (under 2 km), Nagalia (1.6 km) and Nagalia Qasamganj (1.6 km).

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

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