About Shampur Village

Shampur is a mid sized village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,749, made up of 805 males and 944 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Baikunthpur
Pincode	841409
Area (hectares)	244 hectares
Population	1,749
Male Population	805
Female Population	944
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,173
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 40th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,341 residents. Its 244 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Shampur

Shampur 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 Shampur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shampur from other places

Shampur lies about 31 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Brij Kishor Halt, about 2.7 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 Shampur
Nearest railway station	Brij Kishor Halt	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baikunthpur	10 km
Nearest town	Barauli	14 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	31 km

Villages closest to Shampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baikunthpur 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 Shampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shampur village had a population of 1,749. That makes it the 40th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,341 residents.

Shampur village has 805 males and 944 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 841409. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 244 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shampur falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Brij Kishor Halt, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shampur.

Shampur is about 31 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Gopalganj district. Brij Kishor Halt is about 2.7 km away. Baikunthpur is about 10 km away. Barauli is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.