About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a large village in Chapra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,323, made up of 2,294 males and 2,029 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Chapra
Area (hectares)	261 hectares
Population	4,323
Male Population	2,294
Female Population	2,029
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 16th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents. Its 261 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 37 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Chhapra Gramin Junction, about 2.4 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
Nearest railway station	Chhapra Gramin Junction	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chapra	4.6 km
Nearest town	Chāpra	4.6 km
District headquarters	Saran	37 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chapra 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 4,323. That makes it the 16th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents.

Sherpur village has 2,294 males and 2,029 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Sherpur covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sherpur falls under Chapra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Chhapra Gramin Junction, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 37 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Chapra tehsil of Saran district. Chhapra Gramin Junction is about 2.4 km away. Chapra is about 4.6 km away. Chāpra is about 4.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.