About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 8 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.51 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Chainpur
Area (hectares)	78.51 hectares
Population	15
Male Population	8
Female Population	7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents. Its 78.51 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

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 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. The nearest villages by name are Saraiya, Sarpani, Semaria and Semra. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 15. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents.

Sherpur village has 8 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Sherpur covers 78.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpur falls under Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The census record for Sherpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Sherpur is in Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.