About Shikawar Village

Shikawar is a mid sized village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 594 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.32 hectares hectares.

Shikawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikawar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Robertsganj
Area (hectares)	431.32 hectares
Population	1,100
Male Population	594
Female Population	506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shikawar compares

By the 2011 count Shikawar is the 167th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 431.32 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 942.

Getting to Shikawar

Shikawar 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 Shikawar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shikawar from other places

Shikawar lies about 9.6 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Churk, about 4.1 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 Shikawar
Nearest railway station	Churk	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Robertsganj	9.6 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	9.6 km

Villages closest to Shikawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikawar village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 167th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Shikawar village has 594 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikawar has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Shikawar covers 431.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikawar falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shikawar is Churk, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Shikawar.

Shikawar is about 9.6 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikawar is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Churk is about 4.1 km away. Robertsganj is about 9.6 km away. Sonbhadra is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.