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About Sikrahani Village

Sikrahani is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 776, made up of 409 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.03 hectares hectares.

Sikrahani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikrahani village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 146.03 hectares
Population 776
Male Population 409
Female Population 367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sikrahani compares

By the 2011 count Sikrahani is the 300th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 146.03 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 Sikrahani

Sikrahani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sikrahani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sikrahani from other places

Sikrahani lies about 26 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Algawan, about 15 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 Sikrahani
Nearest town Shāhābād 13 km
Nearest railway station Algawan 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 26 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 26 km

Villages closest to Sikrahani

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.

Common questions about Sikrahani

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikrahani village had a population of 776. That makes it the 300th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Sikrahani village has 409 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikrahani has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Sikrahani covers 146.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sikrahani is Algawan, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sikrahani.

Sikrahani is about 26 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikrahani is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Shāhābād is about 13 km away. Algawan is about 15 km away. Powayan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Churha Kalan (3.3 km), Dhaka Khurd Kalan (3.3 km) and Fattepur Kalan (3.3 km).

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

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