About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a large village in Mokameh tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,279, made up of 1,240 males and 1,039 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Mokameh
Area (hectares)	111 hectares
Population	2,279
Male Population	1,240
Female Population	1,039
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 16th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,331 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 92 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Rampur Dumra, about under 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 Sherpur
Nearest railway station	Rampur Dumra	under 2 km
Nearest town	Barhiya	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mokameh	10 km
District headquarters	Patna	92 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mokameh 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 2,279. That makes it the 16th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,331 residents.

Sherpur village has 1,240 males and 1,039 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Sherpur covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sherpur falls under Mokameh tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Rampur Dumra, about under 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 92 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Mokameh tehsil of Patna district. Rampur Dumra is about under 2 km away. Barhiya is about 6.2 km away. Mokameh is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.