About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,386, made up of 733 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	115 hectares
Population	1,386
Male Population	733
Female Population	653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 36th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 115 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

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 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 24 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 14 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
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	3.1 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	14 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	14 km
District headquarters	Gaya	24 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gurua 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 1,386. That makes it the 36th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Sherpur village has 733 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Sherpur covers 115 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Guraru, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 24 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 Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 3.1 km away. Sherghāti is about 14 km away. Guraru is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.