# Shiva Village, Imamganj, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Imamganj, Gaya 

# Shiva

Shiva is a village in Imamganj sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 216 households**, the 59th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 216households
- 56.9%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Shiva PIN code and other codes

Shiva falls in Imamganj sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBiraj
- Community development blockImamganj
- Census village code255963

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

## How far is Shiva from nearby towns?

- Imamganj (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)72 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)49 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 Shiva?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Shiva; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kothi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Imamganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sherghati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube 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 Shiva known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and pulse**. About 63% of the 291 hectares of village land is sown, and 89 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 Shiva

Of every 100 households in Shiva in 2011, 6 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shiva · ■ Imamganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**42%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**34%

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 Shiva?

■ Shiva · ■ Imamganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**991

Working population ****43.2%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 49.1% for women. 49% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (31%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 326 (67%)

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 Imamganj

- Bara1,229 people
- Rohwe1,191 people
- Barhai Khap1,152 people
- Pathra1,142 people
- Sohai1,119 people
- Binayka1,096 people
- Gejna1,084 people
- Alinagar1,083 people

[All 195 villages in Imamganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/imamganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shiva from Gaya?72 km by road
- What is the population of Shiva?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiva in?Gaya district (Imamganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shiva?56.9% (Census 2011)