About Sherpur Pain Village

Sherpur Pain is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 206 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur Pain village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184142
Area (hectares)	129 hectares
Population	388
Male Population	206
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sherpur Pain compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur Pain is the 106th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Sherpur Pain

Sherpur Pain is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherpur Pain as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sherpur Pain from other places

Sherpur Pain lies about 5.5 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 7.7 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 Pain
District headquarters	Kathua	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	20 km

Villages closest to Sherpur Pain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpur Pain village had a population of 388. That makes it the 106th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Sherpur Pain village has 206 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur Pain has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur Pain is 184142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur Pain covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur Pain falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur Pain is Budhi, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sherpur Pain.

Sherpur Pain is about 5.5 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur Pain is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Kathua is about 5.5 km away. Budhi is about 7.7 km away. Hiranagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.