About Shivpur Village

Shivpur is a mid sized village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,796, made up of 951 males and 845 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shivpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shivpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	317 hectares
Population	1,796
Male Population	951
Female Population	845
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shivpur compares

By the 2011 count Shivpur is the 12th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 915.

Getting to Shivpur

Shivpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shivpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Shivpur from other places

Shivpur lies about 29 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 5.2 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 Shivpur
Nearest railway station	Muhammadganj	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	8.2 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	22 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	29 km

Villages closest to Shivpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shivpur village had a population of 1,796. That makes it the 12th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Shivpur village has 951 males and 845 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shivpur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Shivpur is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shivpur covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shivpur falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shivpur is Muhammadganj, about 5.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shivpur.

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

Shivpur is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Muhammadganj is about 5.2 km away. Kandi is about 8.2 km away. Husainābād is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.