About Sham Nagar Village

Sham Nagar is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,517, made up of 801 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sham Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sham Nagar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	497339
Area (hectares)	463.21 hectares
Population	1,517
Male Population	801
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sham Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Sham Nagar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 463.21 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Sham Nagar

Sham Nagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sham Nagar 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 Sham Nagar from other places

Sham Nagar lies about 65 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 49 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 Sham Nagar
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	49 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	65 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	66 km

Villages closest to Sham Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakhanjur 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 Sham Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sham Nagar village had a population of 1,517. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Sham Nagar village has 801 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sham Nagar has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Sham Nagar is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sham Nagar covers 463.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sham Nagar falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sham Nagar is Antagarh, about 49 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 Sham Nagar.

Sham Nagar is about 65 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sham Nagar is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 7.8 km away. Antagarh is about 49 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.