# Shankarpur Village, Bahadurpur, Darbhanga (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bahadurpur, Darbhanga 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Bahadurpur sub-district of Darbhanga district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **246 people in 54 households**, the 113th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.6%.

- 246people (2011)
- 54households
- 42.0%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Shankarpur PIN code and other codes

Shankarpur falls in Bahadurpur sub-district, Darbhanga district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPremjiwar
- Community development blockBahadurpur
- Census village code227407

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

## How far is Shankarpur from nearby towns?

- Bahadurpur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Darbhanga (district HQ)8 km by road
- Darbhanga (nearest town)8 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 Shankarpur?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Shankarpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Ganga Patti
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Laheriasarai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Laheriasarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ram Nagar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Shankarpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 40 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 Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Bahadurpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**22%

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

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**39%

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

**9%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****2%**

**44%

Television ****4%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Bahadurpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.0%**

**57.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**891

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1097**

**907

Working population ****25.2%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.2% for men and 25.6% for women. 50% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (63%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 3 (5%)

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 Bahadurpur

- Tarauni351 people
- Hem Naraenpur341 people
- Rampur Rauli331 people
- Mathia urf Madhopur310 people
- Bishambharpur235 people
- Bishambharpur222 people
- Chak Aga209 people
- Kherajpur202 people

[All 171 villages in Bahadurpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/darbhanga/bahadurpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shankarpur from Darbhanga?8 km by road
- What is the population of Shankarpur?246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Darbhanga district (Bahadurpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?42.0% (Census 2011)