About Shikarpur Village

Shikarpur is a mid sized village in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,620, made up of 858 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Hardwar
Tehsil	Roorkee
Pincode	247661
Area (hectares)	243.11 hectares
Population	1,620
Male Population	858
Female Population	762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shikarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shikarpur is the 137th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 243.11 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Shikarpur

Shikarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shikarpur 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 5 - 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 39 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Dausni, about 14 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 town	Manglaur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dausni	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Roorkee	20 km
District headquarters	Hardwar	39 km

Villages closest to Shikarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarpur village had a population of 1,620. That makes it the 137th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Shikarpur village has 858 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarpur has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Shikarpur is 247661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikarpur covers 243.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shikarpur falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Shikarpur is Dausni, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Shikarpur.

Shikarpur is about 39 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarpur is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Manglaur is about 12 km away. Dausni is about 14 km away. Roorkee is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.