About Sherpura Village

Sherpura is a mid sized village in Sarangpur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,386, made up of 720 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 582.16 hectares hectares.

Sherpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Sarangpur
Area (hectares)	582.16 hectares
Population	1,386
Male Population	720
Female Population	666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sherpura compares

By the 2011 count Sherpura is the 29th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 582.16 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

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 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 42 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Paranamau, about 4.6 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	Paranamau	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangpur	14 km
Nearest town	Sārangpur	14 km
District headquarters	Rajgarh	42 km

Villages closest to Sherpura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarangpur 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 1,386. That makes it the 29th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Sherpura village has 720 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpura has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Sherpura covers 582.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sherpura is Paranamau, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sherpura.

Sherpura is about 42 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 Sarangpur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Paranamau is about 4.6 km away. Sarangpur is about 14 km away. Sārangpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.