About Shampur Village

Shampur is a small village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 111 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	38 hectares
Population	227
Male Population	111
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 108th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Shampur

Shampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shampur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shampur from other places

Shampur lies about 27 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 16 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 Shampur
Nearest railway station	Godda	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	27 km
District headquarters	Banka	27 km

Villages closest to Shampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shampur village had a population of 227. That makes it the 108th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Shampur village has 111 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 879.

Shampur covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shampur falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Godda, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shampur.

Shampur 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.

Shampur is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Godda is about 16 km away. Shambhuganj is about 27 km away. Banka is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.