About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 984, made up of 510 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	984
Male Population	510
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 67th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

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 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 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 33 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 8.4 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 Sherpur
Tehsil headquarters	Gaunaha	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Bhitiharwa Ashram	8.4 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	16 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	33 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaunaha 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 984. That makes it the 67th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Sherpur village has 510 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Sherpur covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 8.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 33 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 6.8 km away. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 8.4 km away. Rāmnagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.