# Chak Sharif Village, Balia, Begusarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Balia, Begusarai 

# Chak Sharif

Chak Sharif is a village in Balia sub-district of Begusarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **378 people in 70 households**, the 40th largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 378people (2011)
- 70households
- 75.9%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Chak Sharif PIN code and other codes

Chak Sharif falls in Balia sub-district, Begusarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChak Sharif
- Community development blockBalia
- Census village code238340

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

## How far is Chak Sharif from nearby towns?

- Balia (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Begusarai (district HQ)20 km by road
- Balia (nearest town)3 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 Chak Sharif?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Chak Sharif; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Bari Balia
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Balia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Begusarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Begusarai
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Chak Sharif known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 70% of the 10 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Chak Sharif

Of every 100 households in Chak Sharif in 2011, 18 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Sharif · ■ Balia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****39%**

**39%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**26%

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 Chak Sharif?

■ Chak Sharif · ■ Balia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**875

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**912

Working population ****19.3%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 62.9% for women. 35% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 57 (78%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (15%) · **■** Other work 5 (7%)

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 Balia

- Dondi Chak618 people
- Saidpur480 people
- Mir Shikar Chak392 people
- Kadam Rasul381 people
- Bishunpur333 people
- Sirajabad212 people
- Hanumannagar166 people
- Milik Bahauddinpur164 people

[All 107 villages in Balia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/begusarai/balia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chak Sharif from Begusarai?20 km by road
- What is the population of Chak Sharif?378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Sharif in?Begusarai district (Balia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Sharif?75.9% (Census 2011)