About Shampur Village

Shampur is a large village in Majhaulia tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,821, made up of 1,511 males and 1,310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312 hectares hectares.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Majhaulia
Area (hectares)	312 hectares
Population	2,821
Male Population	1,511
Female Population	1,310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 36th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,443 residents. Its 312 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shampur from other places

Shampur lies about 86 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiradei, about 2.1 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 railway station	Jiradei	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majhaulia	2.9 km
Nearest town	Siwān	7.9 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	86 km

Villages closest to Shampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majhaulia 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 2,821. That makes it the 36th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,443 residents.

Shampur village has 1,511 males and 1,310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Shampur covers 312 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shampur falls under Majhaulia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Jiradei, about 2.1 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 10+ km distance for Shampur.

Shampur is about 86 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Majhaulia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jiradei is about 2.1 km away. Majhaulia is about 2.9 km away. Siwān is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.