# Shekha Bigha Village, Bodh Gaya, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Shekha Bigha

Shekha Bigha is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **99 people in 18 households**, the 129th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 99people (2011)
- 18households
- 75.0%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Shekha Bigha PIN code and other codes

Shekha Bigha falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatShekha Bigha
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256528

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

## How far is Shekha Bigha from nearby towns?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)10 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)7 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 Shekha Bigha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Bodh Gaya
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Cherki
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Shekha Bigha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 76% of the 59 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Shekha Bigha

Of every 100 households in Shekha Bigha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekha Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**17%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**41%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**42%

Television ****56%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**37%

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 Shekha Bigha?

■ Shekha Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**958

Working population ****46.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 60.0% for women. 49% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 40 (87%) · **■** Other work 5 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1 (2%)

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 Bodh Gaya

- Banarsi Bigha214 people
- Sijua197 people
- Moti chak152 people
- Adham khap120 people
- Kewal96 people
- Manik chak84 people
- Mohimapur50 people

[All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/bodh-gaya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekha Bigha from Gaya?10 km by road
- What is the population of Shekha Bigha?99 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekha Bigha in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shekha Bigha?75.0% (Census 2011)