# Sheonagar Village, Azamnagar, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Azamnagar, Katihar 

# Sheonagar

Sheonagar is a village in Azamnagar sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **453 people in 99 households**, the 162nd largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 453people (2011)
- 99households
- 49.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Sheonagar PIN code and other codes

Sheonagar falls in Azamnagar sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGaighatta
- Community development blockAzamnagar
- Census village code225187

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

## How far is Sheonagar from nearby towns?

- Azamnagar (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)44 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)44 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 Sheonagar?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Sheonagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Salmara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Salmara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Sheonagar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 78% of the 51 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Sheonagar

Of every 100 households in Sheonagar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sheonagar · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****52%**

**22%

Television ****5%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**33%

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 Sheonagar?

■ Sheonagar · ■ Azamnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.2%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1139**

**964

Working population ****26.3%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 35.0% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (61%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (8%) · **■** Marginal 6 (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 Azamnagar

- Tetalia491 people
- Gachh Baliatha483 people
- Mahadeo Bhita458 people
- Pothia455 people
- Ludhia450 people
- Surajpokhar442 people
- Lalgaon420 people
- Sisabari397 people

[All 234 villages in Azamnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/azamnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sheonagar from Katihar?44 km by road
- What is the population of Sheonagar?453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sheonagar in?Katihar district (Azamnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sheonagar?49.2% (Census 2011)