About Shampur Village

Shampur is a mid sized village in Sugauli tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,854, made up of 991 males and 863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Sugauli
Pincode	845456
Area (hectares)	194 hectares
Population	1,854
Male Population	991
Female Population	863
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 30th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,174 residents. Its 194 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Shampur

Shampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shampur 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 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 24 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Majhowalia, about 3.8 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	Majhowalia	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sugauli	9.3 km
Nearest town	Sagauli	9.3 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	24 km

Villages closest to Shampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sugauli 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 1,854. That makes it the 30th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,174 residents.

Shampur village has 991 males and 863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 845456. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 194 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shampur falls under Sugauli tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Majhowalia, about 3.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Shampur.

Shampur is about 24 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Sugauli tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Majhowalia is about 3.8 km away. Sugauli is about 9.3 km away. Sagauli is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.