About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Pirawa tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 930, made up of 457 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1230.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Pirawa
Pincode	326034
Area (hectares)	1230.16 hectares
Population	930
Male Population	457
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
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 76th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 988 residents. Its 1230.16 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

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 51 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Bhawani Mandi, about 40 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	Pirawa	5.5 km
Nearest town	Jirapur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Bhawani Mandi	40 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	51 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pirawa 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 930. That makes it the 76th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 988 residents.

Sherpur village has 457 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 326034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 1230.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpur falls under Pirawa tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Bhawani Mandi, about 40 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 51 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Pirawa tehsil of Jhalawar district. Pirawa is about 5.5 km away. Jirapur is about 33 km away. Bhawani Mandi is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.