About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Bikapur tehsil, in the district of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 424 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.92 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Faizabad
Tehsil	Bikapur
Area (hectares)	57.92 hectares
Population	799
Male Population	424
Female Population	375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 188th largest of the 335 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents. Its 57.92 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 17 km from Faizabad, and the nearest railway station is Bharatkund, about 4.8 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	Bharatkund	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bikapur	5.5 km
District headquarters	Faizabad	17 km
Nearest town	Fyzābād	17 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bikapur 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 799. That makes it the 188th largest of the 335 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents.

Sherpur village has 424 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Sherpur covers 57.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Bikapur tehsil of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Bharatkund, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 17 km from Faizabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Bikapur tehsil of Faizabad district. Bharatkund is about 4.8 km away. Bikapur is about 5.5 km away. Faizabad is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.