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About Shah Pur Village

Shah Pur is a mid sized village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 340 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shah Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shah Pur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Pincode 231208
Area (hectares) 241.89 hectares
Population 634
Male Population 340
Female Population 294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shah Pur compares

By the 2011 count Shah Pur is the 198th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 241.89 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 943.

Getting to Shah Pur

Shah Pur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shah Pur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shah Pur from other places

Shah Pur lies about 55 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Duddhinagar, about 4.6 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 Shah Pur
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Duddhinagar 4.6 km
Nearest town Renukūt 23 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 55 km

Villages closest to Shah Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dudhi 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 Shah Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shah Pur village had a population of 634. That makes it the 198th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Shah Pur village has 340 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shah Pur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Shah Pur is 231208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shah Pur covers 241.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shah Pur falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shah Pur is Duddhinagar, about 4.6 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Shah Pur.

Shah Pur is about 55 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shah Pur is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Dudhi is about 2.1 km away. Duddhinagar is about 4.6 km away. Renukūt is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jabar (under 2 km), Pipar Dih (1.7 km) and Khairi (2.4 km).

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

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