About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a small village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 136 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	57 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	136
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 169th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 74 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Haldita Bihar, about 3.2 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 Shankarpur
Nearest railway station	Haldita Bihar	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	4.4 km
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	16 km
District headquarters	Katihar	74 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 260. That makes it the 169th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Shankarpur village has 136 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Shankarpur covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shankarpur falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Haldita Bihar, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 74 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Haldita Bihar is about 3.2 km away. Kadwa is about 4.4 km away. Shahbazpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.