About Shampur Village

Shampur is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 63 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,175 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, 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	Taljhari
Pincode	816116
Area (hectares)	88.77 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	63
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,175
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 109th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 88.77 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

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 34 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Dhamdhamia, about 3.9 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	Dhamdhamia	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	15 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	16 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	34 km

Villages closest to Shampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Taljhari 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 137. That makes it the 109th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Shampur village has 63 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shampur has about 1175 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Shampur is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shampur covers 88.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shampur falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Shampur is Dhamdhamia, about 3.9 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 34 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 Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Dhamdhamia is about 3.9 km away. Taljhari is about 15 km away. Rājmahal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.