About Sherpur Jalal Village

Sherpur Jalal is a large village in Chehra Kalan tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,738, made up of 1,438 males and 1,300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

How Sherpur Jalal compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur Jalal is the 18th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Sherpur Jalal

Sherpur Jalal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sherpur Jalal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sherpur Jalal from other places

Sherpur Jalal lies about 33 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Goraul, about 8.4 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.

Villages closest to Sherpur Jalal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chehra Kalan tehsil.

• Sarae Afzal under 2 km
• Shaikhpura under 2 km
• Chak Suleman under 2 km
• Harpur Anrra 1.6 km
• Mathna Mal Urf Mohammadpur 1.7 km
• Chal Aulia 1.8 km

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.