About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Harnaut tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,801, made up of 970 males and 831 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Harnaut
Area (hectares)	258 hectares
Population	1,801
Male Population	970
Female Population	831
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 30th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents. Its 258 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

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 5 - 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 Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 25 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Kharuara Halt, about 2.6 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 Sherpur
Nearest railway station	Kharuara Halt	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harnaut	5.9 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiarpur	6.7 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	25 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpur village had a population of 1,801. That makes it the 30th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents.

Sherpur village has 970 males and 831 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Sherpur covers 258 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Kharuara Halt, about 2.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 25 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district. Kharuara Halt is about 2.6 km away. Harnaut is about 5.9 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.