About Shivpur Village

Shivpur is a mid sized village in Ramanujganj tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 295 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shivpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shivpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Ramanujganj
Pincode	497220
Area (hectares)	336.35 hectares
Population	605
Male Population	295
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shivpur compares

By the 2011 count Shivpur is the 90th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 336.35 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Shivpur

Shivpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shivpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shivpur from other places

Shivpur lies about 88 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 42 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 Shivpur
Tehsil headquarters	Ramanujganj	15 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	42 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	44 km
District headquarters	Surguja	88 km

Villages closest to Shivpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shivpur village had a population of 605. That makes it the 90th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Shivpur village has 295 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shivpur has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Shivpur is 497220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shivpur covers 336.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shivpur falls under Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Shivpur is Meralgram, about 42 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Shivpur.

Shivpur is about 88 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shivpur is in Ramanujganj tehsil of Surguja district. Ramanujganj is about 15 km away. Meralgram is about 42 km away. Garhwa is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.