About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is a small village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 255 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Amarpur
Pincode	813101
Area (hectares)	8 hectares
Population	498
Male Population	255
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 90th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 8 hectares work out to about 62 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Shahpur

Shahpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Shahpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahpur from other places

Shahpur lies about 27 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 26 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 Shahpur
Nearest town	Kharagpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amarpur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	26 km
District headquarters	Banka	27 km

Villages closest to Shahpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur village had a population of 498. That makes it the 90th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Shahpur village has 255 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Shahpur is 813101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahpur covers 8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 62 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shahpur falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur is Kamarganj, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Shahpur is about 27 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 19 km away. Amarpur is about 21 km away. Kamarganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.