About Shahpur Village

Shahpur is a mid sized village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 834 males and 739 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Shahpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Bashant Rai
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	1,573
Male Population	834
Female Population	739
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahpur compares

By the 2011 count Shahpur is the 19th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Shahpur

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

Shahpur lies about 2.7 km from Bashant Rai, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 20 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 Shahpur
Tehsil headquarters	Bashant Rai	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Godda	20 km

Villages closest to Shahpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bashant Rai 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 Shahpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahpur village had a population of 1,573. That makes it the 19th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Shahpur village has 834 males and 739 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahpur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Shahpur covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shahpur falls under Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shahpur is Godda, about 20 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 and private bus service as Available for Shahpur.

Shahpur is about 2.7 km from Bashant Rai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahpur is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Bashant Rai is about 2.7 km away. Godda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.