About Shirpur Village

Shirpur is a large village in Chimur tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,036, made up of 1,034 males and 1,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 442903, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirpur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Chimur
Pincode	442903
Area (hectares)	434.11 hectares
Population	2,036
Male Population	1,034
Female Population	1,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirpur compares

By the 2011 count Shirpur is the 16th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents. Its 434.11 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Shirpur

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

Shirpur lies about 62 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Mindala, about 24 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 Shirpur
Tehsil headquarters	Chimur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Mindala	24 km
Nearest town	Pawni	38 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	62 km

Villages closest to Shirpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirpur village had a population of 2,036. That makes it the 16th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents.

Shirpur village has 1,034 males and 1,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirpur has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Shirpur is 442903. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirpur covers 434.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirpur falls under Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shirpur is Mindala, about 24 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 Shirpur.

Shirpur is about 62 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirpur is in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chimur is about 13 km away. Mindala is about 24 km away. Pawni is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.