About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 781, made up of 406 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	174.01 hectares
Population	781
Male Population	406
Female Population	375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 8th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 174.01 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 17 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 35 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
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	3.7 km
District headquarters	Chamba	17 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	35 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dalhousie 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 781. That makes it the 8th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Sherpur village has 406 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 174.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Nurpur Road, about 35 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 17 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 3.7 km away. Chamba is about 17 km away. Nurpur Road is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.