About Shampur Village

Shampur is a small village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 153, made up of 81 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Madhupur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	153
Male Population	81
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 163rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Shampur

Shampur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Shampur from other places

Shampur lies about 29 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 9.1 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 Shampur
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madhupur	19 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	29 km

Villages closest to Shampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shampur village had a population of 153. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Shampur village has 81 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shampur falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 9.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shampur.

Shampur is about 29 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 9.1 km away. Madhupur is about 19 km away. Deoghar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.