# Shekhpura Village, Ghoshi, Jehanabad (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Ghoshi, Jehanabad 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Ghoshi sub-district of Jehanabad district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,258 people in 212 households**, the 30th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.4%.

- 1,258people (2011)
- 212households
- 61.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Shekhpura PIN code and other codes

Shekhpura falls in Ghoshi sub-district, Jehanabad district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGolakpur
- Community development blockGhoshi
- Census village code260411

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

## How far is Shekhpura from nearby towns?

- Ghoshi (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jehanabad (district HQ)15 km by road
- Jehanabad (nearest town)15 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 Shekhpura?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghosi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jehanabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 2 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 Shekhpura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 29 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 2 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Ghoshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**74%

Tap water ****16%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**52%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Ghoshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**66.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**916

Working population ****23.5%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 48.5% for women. 42% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (49%) · **■** Household industry 24 (8%) · **■** Other work 50 (17%) · **■** Marginal 28 (9%)

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 Ghoshi

- Nandna1,341 people
- Lodipur1,310 people
- Daharpur1,298 people
- Mirza Bigha1,283 people
- Mohiuddinpur1,207 people
- Siripur1,111 people
- Bakhra960 people
- Kewali947 people

[All 53 villages in Ghoshi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/jehanabad/ghoshi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekhpura from Jehanabad?15 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhpura?1,258 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Jehanabad district (Ghoshi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?61.7% (Census 2011)