# Sherpur Village, Marhaura, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Marhaura, Saran 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Marhaura sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,422 people in 230 households**, the 65th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.8%.

- 1,422people (2011)
- 230households
- 68.3%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Sherpur PIN code and other codes

Sherpur falls in Marhaura sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAgahara
- Community development blockMarhaura
- Census village code233793

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?

- Marhaura (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)24 km by road
- Marhaura (nearest town)11 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Tegpukha
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Chamari
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chamari
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Marhaura
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps

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 52% of the 99 hectares of village land is sown, and 25 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, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Marhaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****90%**

**64%

Television ****14%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 · ■ Marhaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**63.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**929

Working population ****27.9%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 57.2% for women. 48% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 31 (8%) · **■** Marginal 285 (72%)

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 Marhaura

- Pojhikpur1,630 people
- Bazid Bhoraha1,524 people
- Ujari Seuduari1,505 people
- Bishunpur Jagdish1,483 people
- Paterhi Jalal1,390 people
- Mobarakpur1,362 people
- Damodarpur1,314 people
- Paterhi Baij1,258 people

[All 106 villages in Marhaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/marhaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sherpur from Chhapra?24 km by road
- What is the population of Sherpur?1,422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Saran district (Marhaura sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?68.3% (Census 2011)