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About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a small village in Ghanghata tehsil, in the district of Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 179 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.84 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sant Kabir Nagar
Tehsil Ghanghata
Area (hectares) 75.84 hectares
Population 333
Male Population 179
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 376th largest of the 493 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 958 residents. Its 75.84 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Sherpur

Sherpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sherpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 19 km from Sant Kabir Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Chureb, about 21 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 Ghanghata 19 km
District headquarters Sant Kabir Nagar 19 km
Nearest railway station Chureb 21 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 21 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghanghata 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 333. That makes it the 376th largest of the 493 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 958 residents.

Sherpur village has 179 males and 154 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, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Sherpur covers 75.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sherpur falls under Ghanghata tehsil of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Chureb, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sherpur.

Sherpur is about 19 km from Sant Kabir Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Ghanghata tehsil of Sant Kabir Nagar district. Ghanghata is about 19 km away. Sant Kabir Nagar is about 19 km away. Chureb is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sukhipur (under 2 km), Lohar Dandi (under 2 km) and Baridiha (under 2 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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