About Shampur Village

Shampur is a mid sized village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,991, made up of 958 males and 1,033 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 932.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Makdi
Pincode	491441
Area (hectares)	932.1 hectares
Population	1,991
Male Population	958
Female Population	1,033
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 7th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 932.1 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

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. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Radhana, Rakas Beda, Rakasbeda and Sandsa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 1,991. That makes it the 7th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Shampur village has 958 males and 1,033 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 932.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shampur falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Shampur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Shampur is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.