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About Shikarpur Village

Shikarpur is a mid sized village in Mahmudabad tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 632, made up of 292 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.729 hectares hectares.

Shikarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Mahmudabad
Area (hectares) 112.729 hectares
Population 632
Male Population 292
Female Population 340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,164
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpur is the 250th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents. Its 112.729 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shikarpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Shikarpur from other places

Shikarpur lies about 61 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Munda Gopal Ashram, about 11 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
Nearest railway station Munda Gopal Ashram 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahmudabad 12 km
Nearest town Mahmudābād 12 km
District headquarters Sitapur 61 km

Villages closest to Shikarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahmudabad 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 632. That makes it the 250th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,542 residents.

Shikarpur village has 292 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpur has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 888.

Shikarpur covers 112.729 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikarpur falls under Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpur is Munda Gopal Ashram, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shikarpur.

Shikarpur is about 61 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpur is in Mahmudabad tehsil of Sitapur district. Munda Gopal Ashram is about 11 km away. Mahmudabad is about 12 km away. Mahmudābād 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 Umriganeshpur (1.7 km), Masudpur (2.2 km) and Bhat Purwa (2.3 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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