About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Mhow tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 813, made up of 440 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.11 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Indore
Tehsil	Mhow
Area (hectares)	485.11 hectares
Population	813
Male Population	440
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 77th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 485.11 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Sherpur

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

Sherpur lies about 39 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, about 22 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 Sherpur
Nearest town	Pithampur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mhow	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dr. Ambedkar Nagar	22 km
District headquarters	Indore	39 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpur village had a population of 813. That makes it the 77th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Sherpur village has 440 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Sherpur covers 485.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpur falls under Mhow tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 39 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Mhow tehsil of Indore district. Pithampur is about 20 km away. Mhow is about 22 km away. Dr. Ambedkar Nagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.