About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Rudauli tehsil, in the district of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,295, made up of 639 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 225406, 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	Faizabad
Tehsil	Rudauli
Pincode	225406
Area (hectares)	229.48 hectares
Population	1,295
Male Population	639
Female Population	656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
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 117th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 229.48 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

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 53 km from Faizabad, and the nearest railway station is Rauzagaon, about 13 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	Rauzagaon	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rudauli	14 km
Nearest town	Zaidpur	33 km
District headquarters	Faizabad	53 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rudauli 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 1,295. That makes it the 117th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Sherpur village has 639 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 225406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 229.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Rauzagaon, about 13 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 53 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 Rudauli tehsil of Faizabad district. Rauzagaon is about 13 km away. Rudauli is about 14 km away. Zaidpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.