# Sakri Village, Islampur, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Islampur, Nalanda 

# Sakri

Sakri is a village in Islampur sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,446 people in 726 households**, the 6th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 4,446people (2011)
- 726households
- 60.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Sakri PIN code and other codes

Sakri falls in Islampur sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSakri
- Community development blockIslampur
- Census village code244966

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

## How far is Sakri from nearby towns?

- Islampur (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)32 km by road
- Islampur (nearest town)16 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 Sakri?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Sakri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Islampur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Islampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 5 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 Sakri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 814 hectares of village land is sown, and 621 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 Sakri

Of every 100 households in Sakri in 2011, 3 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sakri · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**49%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****55%**

**46%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sakri?

■ Sakri · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**921

Working population ****37.4%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 46.0% for women. 46% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 447 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 856 (52%) · **■** Other work 70 (4%) · **■** Marginal 289 (17%)

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 Islampur

- Panhar11,229 people
- Bauri Dih5,451 people
- Ranipur5,060 people
- Sarthua4,526 people
- Islampur4,290 people
- Bardaha4,079 people
- Mozafra4,025 people
- Dhekwaha4,017 people

[All 91 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sakri from Biharsharif?32 km by road
- What is the population of Sakri?4,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakri in?Nalanda district (Islampur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sakri?60.2% (Census 2011)