# Asauta Village, Shambhuganj, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Shambhuganj, Banka 

# Asauta

Asauta is a village in Shambhuganj sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,724 people in 490 households**, the 13th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 2,724people (2011)
- 490households
- 50.0%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Asauta PIN code and other codes

Asauta falls in Shambhuganj sub-district, Banka district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhatasila
- Community development blockShambhuganj
- Census village code240486

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

## How far is Asauta from nearby towns?

- Shambhuganj (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)55 km by road
- Sultanganj (nearest town)30 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 Asauta?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Asauta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kasba
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Asauta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 2 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 Asauta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 247 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 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 Asauta

Of every 100 households in Asauta in 2011, 3 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Asauta · ■ Shambhuganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**79%

Tap water ****10%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**36%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****29%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**36%

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 Asauta?

■ Asauta · ■ Shambhuganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**918

Working population ****39.2%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.5% for men and 40.6% for women. 47% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 286 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (2%) · **■** Marginal 435 (41%)

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 Shambhuganj

- Kurma2,959 people
- Jhakhra2,948 people
- Khajuri2,945 people
- Pakaria2,751 people
- Mirzapur2,636 people
- Mahthudih2,573 people
- Dharampur2,518 people
- Gulni2,450 people

[All 186 villages in Shambhuganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/banka/shambhuganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Asauta from Banka?55 km by road
- What is the population of Asauta?2,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asauta in?Banka district (Shambhuganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Asauta?50.0% (Census 2011)