About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a mid sized village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,004, made up of 525 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Gangapur
Area (hectares)	330 hectares
Population	1,004
Male Population	525
Female Population	479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 85th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 330 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 929.

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 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sayyadpur, Shah Nawajpur, Shahapur and Shahapur Banjar. 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.

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Common questions about Shankarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 1,004. That makes it the 85th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Shankarpur village has 525 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Shankarpur covers 330 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The census record for Shankarpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad 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.