About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 70 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143407
Area (hectares)	201 hectares
Population	130
Male Population	70
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 9.8 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Amritsar Junction, about 8.3 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 town	Nangli	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Amritsar Junction	8.3 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	17 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ajnala 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 130. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Sherpur village has 70 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 143407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 201 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpur falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Amritsar Junction, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 9.8 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Nangli is about 6.4 km away. Amritsar Junction is about 8.3 km away. Amritsar is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.