About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a small village in Forbesganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 346, made up of 186 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Forbesganj
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	346
Male Population	186
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 91st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 921.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 30 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 8.7 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 Shankarpur
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Forbesganj	12 km
District headquarters	Araria	30 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 346. That makes it the 91st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents.

Shankarpur village has 186 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Shankarpur covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Gogipothia Halt, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Shankarpur is about 30 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district. Gogipothia Halt is about 8.7 km away. Forbesganj is about 12 km away. Araria is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.