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About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Nakur tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 150 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247340, 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 Saharanpur
Tehsil Nakur
Pincode 247340
Area (hectares) 404.18 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 150
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 276th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents. Its 404.18 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Sherpur

The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available within <5 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 <5 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 26 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Rampur Maniharn, about 11 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 town Gangoh 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Rampur Maniharn 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Nakur 13 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 26 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nakur 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.

Common questions about Sherpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sherpur village had a population of 279. That makes it the 276th largest of the 325 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,682 residents.

Sherpur village has 150 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 891.

The pincode recorded for Sherpur is 247340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sherpur covers 404.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sherpur falls under Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Rampur Maniharn, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 26 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Nakur tehsil of Saharanpur district. Gangoh is about 9.2 km away. Rampur Maniharn is about 11 km away. Nakur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sherpur Naqeebpur (under 2 km), Shitalpur (1.5 km) and Dhayki (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sherpur today is likely to be higher.

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