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About Sikrahan Village

Sikrahan is a mid sized village in Shahjahanpur tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 908, made up of 509 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.52 hectares hectares.

Sikrahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikrahan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Shahjahanpur
Area (hectares) 175.52 hectares
Population 908
Male Population 509
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 784
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sikrahan compares

By the 2011 count Sikrahan is the 250th largest of the 474 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,288 residents. Its 175.52 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, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Sikrahan

Sikrahan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sikrahan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Sikrahan from other places

Sikrahan 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 Sikrahan
Nearest town Shāhābād 13 km
Nearest railway station Algawan 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahjahanpur 26 km

Villages closest to Sikrahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikrahan village had a population of 908. That makes it the 250th largest of the 474 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,288 residents.

Sikrahan village has 509 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikrahan has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Sikrahan covers 175.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sikrahan falls under Shahjahanpur tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sikrahan is Algawan, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sikrahan.

Sikrahan 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.

Sikrahan is in Shahjahanpur tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Shāhābād is about 13 km away. Algawan is about 15 km away. Shahjahanpur 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 Ram Khera (under 2 km), Bans Khera (1.6 km) and Pahladpur (2.0 km).

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

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