About Sher Pur Village

Sher Pur is a small village in Kathua tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 94 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sher Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sher Pur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Kathua
Pincode	184104
Area (hectares)	90 hectares
Population	174
Male Population	94
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sher Pur compares

By the 2011 count Sher Pur is the 129th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Sher Pur

Sher Pur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sher Pur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sher Pur from other places

Sher Pur 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 Sher Pur
Tehsil headquarters	Kathua	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	7.7 km

Villages closest to Sher Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kathua 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 Sher Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sher Pur village had a population of 174. That makes it the 129th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Sher Pur village has 94 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sher Pur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Sher Pur is 184104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sher Pur covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sher Pur falls under Kathua tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Sher Pur is Budhi, about 7.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sher Pur.

Sher Pur 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.

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