About Shakrpur Village

Shakrpur is a small village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 208 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shakrpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakrpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Kaliaganj
Pincode	733129
Area (hectares)	70.66 hectares
Population	403
Male Population	208
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shakrpur compares

By the 2011 count Shakrpur is the 154th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 70.66 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Shakrpur

Shakrpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shakrpur as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Raypur, Sadipur, Sahapur and Saharullapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Shakrpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakrpur village had a population of 403. That makes it the 154th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Shakrpur village has 208 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakrpur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Shakrpur is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shakrpur covers 70.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shakrpur falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Shakrpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shakrpur.

Shakrpur is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.