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About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,045, made up of 558 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Washim
Tehsil Karanja
Area (hectares) 246 hectares
Population 1,045
Male Population 558
Female Population 487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 48th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sherpur 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 <5 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 32 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Amanwadi, about 14 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
Nearest railway station Amanwadi 14 km
Nearest town Mangrūl Pīr 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Karanja 31 km
District headquarters Washim 32 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpur village had a population of 1,045. That makes it the 48th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Sherpur village has 558 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Sherpur covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Amanwadi, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 32 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Amanwadi is about 14 km away. Mangrūl Pīr is about 17 km away. Karanja is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haibatpur (under 2 km), Imampur (under 2 km) and Morpur (under 2 km).

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

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