About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a small village in Bahadurpur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 122 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Bahadurpur
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	122
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 107th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur 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 5 - 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 55 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Hasanpur Road, about 2.2 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	Hasanpur Road	2.2 km
Nearest town	Rosera	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bahadurpur	17 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	55 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bahadurpur 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 246. That makes it the 107th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Shankarpur village has 122 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Shankarpur covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Hasanpur Road, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 55 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district. Hasanpur Road is about 2.2 km away. Rosera is about 14 km away. Bahadurpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.