About Shankarpur Village

Shankarpur is a large village in Dehri tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,056, made up of 1,086 males and 970 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares.

Shankarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shankarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Dehri
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	2,056
Male Population	1,086
Female Population	970
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shankarpur compares

By the 2011 count Shankarpur is the 22nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 17 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 923.

Getting to Shankarpur

Shankarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shankarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shankarpur from other places

Shankarpur lies about 46 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Pahleja, about 4.9 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 Shankarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Dehri	1.6 km
Nearest town	Madhurampur Dehri	1.6 km
Nearest railway station	Pahleja	4.9 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	46 km

Villages closest to Shankarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shankarpur village had a population of 2,056. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents.

Shankarpur village has 1,086 males and 970 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shankarpur has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Shankarpur covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Shankarpur falls under Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shankarpur is Pahleja, about 4.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shankarpur.

Shankarpur is about 46 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shankarpur is in Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district. Dehri is about 1.6 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 1.6 km away. Pahleja is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.