About Shampur Village

Shampur is a small village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 269 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Pincode	811211
Area (hectares)	15 hectares
Population	479
Male Population	269
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	781
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 74th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 15 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Shampur

Shampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shampur 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 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 34 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Sultanganj, about 8.5 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 town	Sultānganj	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sultanganj	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	18 km
District headquarters	Munger	34 km

Villages closest to Shampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharagpur 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 479. That makes it the 74th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Shampur village has 269 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 811211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shampur falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Sultanganj, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Shampur is about 34 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Sultānganj is about 8.1 km away. Sultanganj is about 8.5 km away. Kharagpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.