About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,094, made up of 572 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145025
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	1,094
Male Population	572
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 108th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

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 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 30 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Sarna, about 4.1 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	Sarna	4.1 km
Nearest town	Sujānpur	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	9.9 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	30 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathankot 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 1,094. That makes it the 108th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Sherpur village has 572 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Sarna, about 4.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 30 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Sarna is about 4.1 km away. Sujānpur is about 6.9 km away. Pathankot is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.