# Sarhi Village, Shahkund, Bhagalpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahkund, Bhagalpur 

# Sarhi

Sarhi is a village in Shahkund sub-district of Bhagalpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **851 people in 137 households**, the 70th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 851people (2011)
- 137households
- 88.8%literacy
- 777females per 1,000 males

## Sarhi PIN code and other codes

Sarhi falls in Shahkund sub-district, Bhagalpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhulni
- Community development blockShahkund
- Census village code239799

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

## How far is Sarhi from nearby towns?

- Shahkund (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Bhagalpur (district HQ)36 km by road
- Bhagalpur (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 Sarhi?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Sarhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Shahkund
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 5 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 Sarhi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 113 hectares of village land is sown, and 39 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 Sarhi

Of every 100 households in Sarhi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarhi · ■ Shahkund rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****53%**

**50%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**29%

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 Sarhi?

■ Sarhi · ■ Shahkund rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****777**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****790**

**927

Working population ****53.0%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 82.9% for women. 55% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 432 (96%)

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 Shahkund

- Shewrampur989 people
- Maheslitti969 people
- Munjath959 people
- Damodarpur905 people
- Galgala794 people
- Latipur678 people
- Sarokh673 people
- Asrafpur658 people

[All 170 villages in Shahkund](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhagalpur/shahkund/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sarhi from Bhagalpur?36 km by road
- What is the population of Sarhi?851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarhi in?Bhagalpur district (Shahkund sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sarhi?88.8% (Census 2011)