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

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Village · Shambhuganj, Banka 

# Shampur

Shampur is a village in Shambhuganj sub-district of Banka district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **227 people in 37 households**, the 114th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 227people (2011)
- 37households
- 51.8%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Shampur PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatParmanandpur
- Community development blockShambhuganj
- Census village code240484

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

## How far is Shampur from nearby towns?

- Shambhuganj (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Banka (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sultanganj (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 Shampur?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Shampur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Jhiktia
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Pararia
- ○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
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube 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 Shampur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 95% of the 38 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 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 Shampur

Of every 100 households in Shampur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shampur · ■ Shambhuganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**36%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**41%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**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 Shampur?

■ Shampur · ■ Shambhuganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.8%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**918

Working population ****46.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 35.7% for women. 49% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 7 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (77%) · **■** Marginal 17 (16%)

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

- Karsanda271 people
- Manikpur263 people
- Raipura237 people
- Jangal234 people
- Barhait223 people
- Karsandi207 people
- Madanpur207 people
- Khas Bagha183 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Shampur from Banka?45 km by road
- What is the population of Shampur?227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shampur in?Banka district (Shambhuganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shampur?51.8% (Census 2011)