# Shekhpura Village, Goh, Aurangabad (Bihar) – PIN Code (2)

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Village · Goh, Aurangabad 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Goh sub-district of Aurangabad district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **989 people in 154 households**, the 90th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 989people (2011)
- 154households
- 75.2%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Shekhpura PIN code and other codes

Shekhpura falls in Goh sub-district, Aurangabad district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatUphara
- Community development blockGoh
- Census village code252939

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

## How far is Shekhpura from nearby towns?

- Goh (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Aurangabad (district HQ)70 km by road
- Daud Nagar (nearest town)36 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 Shekhpura?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Shekhpura
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Goh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Daudnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Shekhpura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 121 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 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 Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Goh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****50%**

**48%

Television ****7%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Goh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**945

Working population ****29.5%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 65.5% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (50%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 34 (12%)

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 Goh

- Baijalpur1,034 people
- Azan1,026 people
- Ibrahimpur1,009 people
- Kaithi Beni997 people
- Sisaul988 people
- Dularchak978 people
- Shekhpura967 people
- Belaru949 people

[All 176 villages in Goh](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/aurangabad/goh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekhpura from Aurangabad?70 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhpura?989 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Aurangabad district (Goh sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?75.2% (Census 2011)