About Shekhupur Village

Shekhupur is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,482, made up of 788 males and 694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 285.86 hectares hectares.

Shekhupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shekhupur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	285.86 hectares
Population	1,482
Male Population	788
Female Population	694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shekhupur compares

By the 2011 count Shekhupur is the 114th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 285.86 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Shekhupur

Shekhupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shekhupur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shekhupur from other places

Shekhupur lies about 21 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhakia Tiwari, about 9.2 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 Shekhupur
Nearest railway station	Dhakia Tiwari	9.2 km
Nearest town	Pawāyan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	21 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	21 km

Villages closest to Shekhupur

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

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Common questions about Shekhupur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shekhupur village had a population of 1,482. That makes it the 114th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Shekhupur village has 788 males and 694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shekhupur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Shekhupur covers 285.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shekhupur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shekhupur is Dhakia Tiwari, about 9.2 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Shekhupur.

Shekhupur is about 21 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shekhupur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dhakia Tiwari is about 9.2 km away. Pawāyan is about 12 km away. Powayan is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.