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About Shirpur Village

Shirpur is a mid sized village in Gondiya tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,895, made up of 952 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503.25 hectares hectares.

Shirpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirpur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Gondiya
Area (hectares) 503.25 hectares
Population 1,895
Male Population 952
Female Population 943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirpur compares

By the 2011 count Shirpur is the 58th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents. Its 503.25 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1011.

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 <5 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 13 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Gatra, about 5.8 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
Nearest railway station Gatra 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Gondiya 13 km
Nearest town Gondiā 13 km

Villages closest to Shirpur

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

Common questions about Shirpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirpur village had a population of 1,895. That makes it the 58th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,804 residents.

Shirpur village has 952 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirpur has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1011.

Shirpur covers 503.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shirpur falls under Gondiya tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Shirpur is Gatra, about 5.8 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 <5 km distance for Shirpur.

Shirpur is about 13 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirpur is in Gondiya tehsil of Gondiya district. Gatra is about 5.8 km away. Gondiya is about 13 km away. Gondiā is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chargaon (2.1 km), Kochewahi (2.1 km) and Mogarra (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shirpur today is likely to be higher.

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