About Sherpura Village

Sherpura is a small village in Biaora tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 118 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.81 hectares hectares.

Sherpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Biaora
Area (hectares)	301.81 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	118
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpura compares

By the 2011 count Sherpura is the 223rd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 811 residents. Its 301.81 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Sherpura

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

Sherpura lies about 25 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Karanwas, about 1.9 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 Sherpura
Nearest railway station	Karanwas	1.9 km
Nearest town	Pachor	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Biaora	18 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	25 km

Villages closest to Sherpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpura village had a population of 226. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 811 residents.

Sherpura village has 118 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpura has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Sherpura covers 301.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpura falls under Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpura is Karanwas, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sherpura.

Sherpura is about 25 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpura is in Biaora tehsil of Rajgarh district. Karanwas is about 1.9 km away. Pachor is about 12 km away. Biaora is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.