About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Amloh tehsil, in the district of Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 126 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Fatehgarh Sahib
Tehsil	Amloh
Pincode	147203
Area (hectares)	90 hectares
Population	235
Male Population	126
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 95th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 90 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

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 5 - 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 45 km from Fatehgarh Sahib, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 17 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	Amloh	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Mandi Gobindgarh	17 km
Nearest town	Gobindgarh	17 km
District headquarters	Fatehgarh Sahib	45 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amloh 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 235. That makes it the 95th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Sherpur village has 126 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 147203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 90 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 17 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 village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 45 km from Fatehgarh Sahib in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district. Amloh is about 7.4 km away. Mandi Gobindgarh is about 17 km away. Gobindgarh is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.