About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is a large village in Kanti tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,132, made up of 1,673 males and 1,459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Kanti
Pincode	843113
Area (hectares)	119.4 hectares
Population	3,132
Male Population	1,673
Female Population	1,459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
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 Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 19th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,242 residents. Its 119.4 hectares work out to about 26 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 926.

Getting to Shahpur

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

Shahpur lies about 20 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Siho, about 9.2 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 Shahpur
Nearest railway station	Siho	9.2 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanti	32 km

Villages closest to Shahpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur village had a population of 3,132. That makes it the 19th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,242 residents.

Shahpur village has 1,673 males and 1,459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Shahpur is 843113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahpur covers 119.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shahpur falls under Kanti tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur is Siho, about 9.2 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 Shahpur.

Shahpur is about 20 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur is in Kanti tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Siho is about 9.2 km away. Muzaffarpur is about 20 km away. Kanti is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.