About Shamsherpur Village

Shamsherpur is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 309 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.61 hectares hectares.

Shamsherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shamsherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	30.61 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	309
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shamsherpur compares

By the 2011 count Shamsherpur is the 133rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 30.61 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Shamsherpur

Shamsherpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shamsherpur as Available within 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 Shamsherpur from other places

Shamsherpur lies about 40 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kachna, about 9.4 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 Shamsherpur
Nearest railway station	Kachna	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	15 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	16 km
District headquarters	Katihar	40 km

Villages closest to Shamsherpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shamsherpur village had a population of 612. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Shamsherpur village has 309 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shamsherpur has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Shamsherpur covers 30.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shamsherpur falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shamsherpur is Kachna, about 9.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shamsherpur.

Shamsherpur is about 40 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shamsherpur is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Kachna is about 9.4 km away. Azamnagar is about 15 km away. Rāiganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.