About Shampur Village

Shampur is a small village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 76 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Bashant Rai
Pincode	814155
Area (hectares)	62 hectares
Population	143
Male Population	76
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 78th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Shampur

Shampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shampur as Available within 5 - 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 3.8 km from Bashant Rai, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 16 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
Tehsil headquarters	Bashant Rai	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Godda	16 km

Villages closest to Shampur

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 Shampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shampur village had a population of 143. That makes it the 78th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Shampur village has 76 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 814155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Godda, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Shampur.

Shampur is about 3.8 km from Bashant Rai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Bashant Rai is about 3.8 km away. Godda is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.