# Sherpur Village, Musahri, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Musahri, Muzaffarpur 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Musahri sub-district of Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,745 people in 508 households**, the 37th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,745people (2011)
- 508households
- 70.8%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Sherpur PIN code and other codes

Sherpur falls in Musahri sub-district, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSherpur
- Community development blockMusahri
- Census village code229351

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sherpur from nearby towns?

- Musahri (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (district HQ)6 km by road
- Muzaffarpur (nearest town)6 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sherpur?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Sherpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 3 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jila Skool
- ○Degree college10+ km · R.D.S
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Gani Pur
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sherpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 25 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 78 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 49 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Musahri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**62%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****49%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**76%

Use banking services ****65%**

**52%

Television ****48%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****27%**

**16%

Own their home ****88%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Musahri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**909

Working population ****22.4%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 66.3% for women. 35% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 477 (78%) · **■** Marginal 79 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Musahri

- Barhanpura2,859 people
- Majhauli Dharamdas2,767 people
- Rohua Rajaram2,762 people
- Modhopur2,747 people
- Rasulpur Saiyad Salem2,666 people
- Bara Jagarnath2,636 people
- Baikunthpur2,530 people
- SaraiyaChakMustafa urfSipapur2,514 people

[All 113 villages in Musahri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/musahri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sherpur from Muzaffarpur?6 km by road
- What is the population of Sherpur?2,745 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Muzaffarpur district (Musahri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?70.8% (Census 2011)