About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 301, made up of 155 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Area (hectares)	108 hectares
Population	301
Male Population	155
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
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 73rd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 108 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available within village. 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 36 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 29 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	Sherghati	3.3 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	29 km
District headquarters	Gaya	36 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sherghati 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 301. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Sherpur village has 155 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Sherpur covers 108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Guraru, about 29 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 36 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 Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghati is about 3.3 km away. Sherghāti is about 3.3 km away. Guraru is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.