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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Shekhpur is a village in Dug mandal, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, with a population of 574 across 117 households. It has a literacy rate of 45.3% and postal code 326514.
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- LGD code
- 105349
- Pincode
- 326514
- Post office
- Dag
- Population
- 574
- Households
- 117
- Literacy rate
- 45.3%
- Sex ratio
- 876 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 383
- Distance to district centre
- 41 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 14 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 322 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 526 km
- Nearest railway station
- Suwasra · 30 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dag Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shekhpur compares
By population, Shekhpur ranks #42 of 78 villages in Dug mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.3%
+0.7% vs mandal average
Shekhpur45.3%
Dug mandal44.6%
Jhalawar district52.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
876
−73 vs mandal average
Shekhpur876
Dug mandal949
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
Shekhpur4.9
Dug mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhpur at a glance
Shekhpur is a village of 574 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Dug tehsil, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, the 42nd-largest of 78 villages in Dug tehsil. Literacy is 45%, about the same as the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 876 women per 1,000 men. It lies 41 km from the Jhalawar district centre, 15 km from Dag, the nearest town, 30 km from Suwasra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 326514, served by Dag post office; the LGD village code is 105349. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dag Hospital, 14 km away. The village votes in Dag assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kaluram. The population is estimated at 677 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhatooriya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shekhpur · this village | 574 | 45% | — |
| Dhatooriya · Dug | 1,478 | 36% | 1.9 km N |
| Harnawda Peetha · Pirawa | 1,097 | 48% | 2.6 km NE |
| Nandpur · Dug | 629 | 51% | 3.3 km SE |
| Fazilpur · Dug | 797 | 46% | 3.2 km W |
| Luhariya · Dug | 1,645 | 29% | 3.6 km S |
| Harnawada Gaja · Pirawa | 1,451 | 45% | 3.9 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shekhpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHALAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 106
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 106
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 51
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 774.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 77.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 83.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shekhpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shekhpur
- LGD code
- 105349
- Pincode
- 326514
- Post office
- Dag
- Population (Census 2011)
- 574
- Population (projected 2026)
- 677
- Households
- 117
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 876
- Literacy rate
- 45.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.02024°N, 75.94241°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhalawar-Baran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dag
- Member of Parliament
- Dushyant Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kaluram
- Block / Mandal
- Dug
Getting there
How to reach Shekhpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur322 kmcapital
- Delhi526 km
- Mumbai635 km
- Hyderabad784 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSuwasra30 km
- Hospital / PHCDag Hospital14 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 326514
Same name, different place
Other villages named Shekhpur
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- ShekhpurBhognipur · Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh2,832 pop
- ShekhpurKishangarh Bas · Khairthal-Tijara, Rajasthan2,671 pop
- ShekhpurMariahu · Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh2,554 pop
- ShekhpurGhazipur · Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh2,019 pop
- ShekhpurBayana · Bharatpur, Rajasthan1,899 pop
- ShekhpurHapur · Hapur, Uttar Pradesh1,862 pop
Villages near Shekhpur
Other villages in Dug mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-28
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)