About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,930, made up of 950 males and 980 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 834.55 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Piploda
Area (hectares)	834.55 hectares
Population	1,930
Male Population	950
Female Population	980
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 22nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 834.55 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

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 10+ km distance. 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 29 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Barayla Chaurasi, about 19 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
Tehsil headquarters	Piploda	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Barayla Chaurasi	19 km
Nearest town	Jaora	24 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	29 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Piploda 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 1,930. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Sherpur village has 950 males and 980 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Sherpur covers 834.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Barayla Chaurasi, about 19 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 village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 29 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Piploda is about 6.2 km away. Barayla Chaurasi is about 19 km away. Jaora is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.