# Shahpur Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Shahpur

Shahpur is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **129 people in 24 households**, the 98th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 129people (2011)
- 24households
- 43.8%literacy
- 1,115females per 1,000 males

## Shahpur PIN code and other codes

Shahpur falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatHardar
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222152

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

## How far is Shahpur from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)20 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)20 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 Shahpur?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Shahpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Bhagwanpur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Shahpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 95 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 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 Shahpur

Of every 100 households in Shahpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shahpur · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**32%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****4%**

**17%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Shahpur?

■ Shahpur · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.8%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1115**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2300**

**961

Working population ****32.6%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 39.2% for men and 48.9% for women. 52% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (79%) · **■** Household industry 5 (12%) · **■** Other work 2 (5%)

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 Jokihat

- Bazidpur458 people
- Gachh Mahadewa389 people
- Karhara Chhaprail323 people
- Kariat311 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shahpur from Araria?20 km by road
- What is the population of Shahpur?129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahpur in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shahpur?43.8% (Census 2011)