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About Sherpur Village

Sherpur is a mid sized village in Sitapur tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,753, made up of 948 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.01 hectares hectares.

Sherpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sherpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Sitapur
Area (hectares) 132.01 hectares
Population 1,753
Male Population 948
Female Population 805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Sherpur compares

By the 2011 count Sherpur is the 124th largest of the 405 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,533 residents. Its 132.01 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

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 within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sherpur from other places

Sherpur lies about 15 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Jharekapur, about 6.5 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 Jharekapur 6.5 km
Nearest town Lāharpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sitapur 15 km

Villages closest to Sherpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sitapur 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 1,753. That makes it the 124th largest of the 405 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,533 residents.

Sherpur village has 948 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sherpur has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Sherpur covers 132.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sherpur falls under Sitapur tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sherpur is Jharekapur, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Sherpur is about 15 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sherpur is in Sitapur tehsil of Sitapur district. Jharekapur is about 6.5 km away. Lāharpur is about 12 km away. Sitapur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sherfapur (under 2 km), Majhigawan (under 2 km) and Fatteypur Mafi (2.1 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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