Sherpur is a village in Harnaut mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,801 residents across 347 households, with a literacy rate of 49.3%.
By population, Sherpur ranks #30 of 81 villages in Harnaut mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sherpur is a village of 1,801 people in 347 households (Census 2011) in Harnaut block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 30th-largest of 81 villages in Harnaut block. Literacy is 49%, about the same as the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 197 km from the Nalanda district centre, 0 km from Sherpur, the nearest town, 7 km from Dehri on Sone railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803110, served by Harnaut post office; the LGD village code is 244216. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Darihat, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Prem raj, and the village votes in Teghra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajnish Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,123 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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