About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 149 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 276206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Nizamabad
Pincode	276206
Area (hectares)	40.88 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	149
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 371st largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 40.88 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 13 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Phariha, about 7.2 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	Nizamabad	1.6 km
Nearest railway station	Phariha	7.2 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	13 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nizamabad 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 297. That makes it the 371st largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Sherpur village has 149 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1041.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 276206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 40.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Phariha, about 7.2 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 10+ km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 13 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Nizamabad is about 1.6 km away. Phariha is about 7.2 km away. Azamgarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.