About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is one of the larger villages in Ghanshyampur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,513, made up of 4,911 males and 4,602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 5th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,934 residents. Its 685 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahpur from other places

Shahpur lies about 26 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Pandaul, about 3.8 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.

Villages closest to Shahpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghanshyampur tehsil.

• Pali 4.3 km
• Bhagwanpur Bhit 18 km
• Salahpur Lagma 19 km
• Supaul 20 km
• Tumaul 22 km
• Padari 24 km

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.