# Pawkuri Village, Shambhuganj, Banka (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Shambhuganj, Banka 

# Pawkuri

Pawkuri is a village in Shambhuganj sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,937 people in 383 households**, the 30th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,937people (2011)
- 383households
- 73.8%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Pawkuri PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatPawkuri
- Community development blockShambhuganj
- Census village code240469

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

## How far is Pawkuri from nearby towns?

- Shambhuganj (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)51 km by road
- Sultanganj (nearest town)22 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 Pawkuri?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Tarapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 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 Pawkuri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 86% of the 92 hectares of village land is sown, and 77 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 Pawkuri

Of every 100 households in Pawkuri in 2011, 11 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pawkuri · ■ Shambhuganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**12%

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

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**79%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Pawkuri?

■ Pawkuri · ■ Shambhuganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**918

Working population ****34.2%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 61.1% for women. 46% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 57 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 36 (5%) · **■** Marginal 559 (84%)

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

- Karsop Arazi2,021 people
- Sondiha1,996 people
- Chautara1,985 people
- Lakha1,953 people
- Pipra1,887 people
- Daka1,865 people
- Kunath1,820 people
- Ghospur1,808 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Pawkuri from Banka?51 km by road
- What is the population of Pawkuri?1,937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pawkuri in?Banka district (Shambhuganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Pawkuri?73.8% (Census 2011)