About Sherpura Village

Sherpura is a small village in Khilchipur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 403, made up of 199 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.14 hectares hectares.

Sherpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Khilchipur
Area (hectares)	330.14 hectares
Population	403
Male Population	199
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
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 Sherpura compares

By the 2011 count Sherpura is the 129th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 531 residents. Its 330.14 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 973.

Getting to Sherpura

Sherpura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherpura 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 Sherpura from other places

Sherpura lies about 13 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Karanwas, about 30 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
Tehsil headquarters	Khilchipur	4.7 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	13 km
Nearest town	Rājgarh	13 km
Nearest railway station	Karanwas	30 km

Villages closest to Sherpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khilchipur 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 403. That makes it the 129th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 531 residents.

Sherpura village has 199 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpura has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Sherpura covers 330.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sherpura is Karanwas, about 30 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 Sherpura.

Sherpura is about 13 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 Khilchipur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Khilchipur is about 4.7 km away. Rajgarh is about 13 km away. Rājgarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.