About Shampur Village

Shampur is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 173 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shampur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816120
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	173
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
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 Shampur compares

By the 2011 count Shampur is the 73rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

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 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 Shampur from other places

Shampur lies about 24 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, 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 Shampur
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	20 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	24 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	24 km

Villages closest to Shampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 350. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Shampur village has 173 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shampur falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Kalian Chak, 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Shampur.

Shampur is about 24 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shampur is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 5.1 km away. Kalian Chak is about 20 km away. Sahibganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.