About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Dharmpur tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 182 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175040, 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	Mandi
Tehsil	Dharmpur
Pincode	175040
Area (hectares)	149.38 hectares
Population	361
Male Population	182
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
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 37th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 149.38 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1126.

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 86 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 8.1 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
Nearest railway station	Salogra	8.1 km
Nearest town	Solan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmpur	26 km
District headquarters	Mandi	86 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharmpur 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 361. That makes it the 37th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Sherpur village has 182 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1126.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 175040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 149.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Dharmpur tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Salogra, about 8.1 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 86 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Dharmpur tehsil of Mandi district. Salogra is about 8.1 km away. Solan is about 11 km away. Dharmpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.