About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,715, made up of 913 males and 802 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gaya Town C D Block
Area (hectares)	161 hectares
Population	1,715
Male Population	913
Female Population	802
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
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 Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 37th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents. Its 161 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherpur 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 Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 6.2 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, about 2.3 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 Sherpur
Nearest railway station	Kastha	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaya Town C D Block	6.2 km
District headquarters	Gaya	6.2 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaya Town C D Block 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 Sherpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpur village had a population of 1,715. That makes it the 37th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents.

Sherpur village has 913 males and 802 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Sherpur covers 161 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Kastha, about 2.3 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 Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 6.2 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district. Kastha is about 2.3 km away. Gaya Town C D Block is about 6.2 km away. Gaya is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.