About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Kotkasim tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 881, made up of 440 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Kotkasim
Pincode	301702
Area (hectares)	183 hectares
Population	881
Male Population	440
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 57th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents. Its 183 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

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 village. 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 55 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Bawal, about 19 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	Kotkasim	4.3 km
Nearest town	Tijāra	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bawal	19 km
District headquarters	Alwar	55 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotkasim 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 881. That makes it the 57th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents.

Sherpur village has 440 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 301702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 183 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Bawal, about 19 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 village for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 55 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district. Kotkasim is about 4.3 km away. Tijāra is about 15 km away. Bawal is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.