# Shafichak Village, Sherghati, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Sherghati, Gaya 

# Shafichak

Shafichak is a village in Sherghati sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **650 people in 111 households**, the 60th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%.

- 650people (2011)
- 111households
- 84.8%literacy
- 801females per 1,000 males

## Shafichak PIN code and other codes

Shafichak falls in Sherghati sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChampi
- Community development blockSherghati
- Census village code256278

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

## How far is Shafichak from nearby towns?

- Sherghati (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)51 km by road
- Sherghati (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 Shafichak?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Shafichak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sherghati
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Shafichak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 43% of the 22 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Shafichak

Of every 100 households in Shafichak in 2011, 83 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shafichak · ■ Sherghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**44%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****37%**

**42%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shafichak?

■ Shafichak · ■ Sherghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**59.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****801**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**997

Working population ****61.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 80.5% for women. 59% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 380 (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 Sherghati

- Rani Chak687 people
- Manjhar677 people
- Ghorijara668 people
- Pandaul668 people
- Khairat627 people
- Beldih580 people
- Udhan Bigha532 people
- Harna515 people

[All 86 villages in Sherghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/sherghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shafichak from Gaya?51 km by road
- What is the population of Shafichak?650 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shafichak in?Gaya district (Sherghati sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shafichak?84.8% (Census 2011)