# Sandalpur Village, Nardiganj, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Nardiganj, Nawada 

# Sandalpur

Sandalpur is a village in Nardiganj sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **93 people in 12 households**, the 54th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 4.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.1%.

- 93people (2011)
- 12households
- 4.3%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Sandalpur PIN code and other codes

Sandalpur falls in Nardiganj sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatPasai
- Community development blockNardiganj
- Census village code257435

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

## How far is Sandalpur from nearby towns?

- Nardiganj (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)25 km by road
- Hisua (nearest town)12 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 Sandalpur?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Sandalpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Pachaya
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nardiganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hisua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Patna
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Sandalpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 78 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 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 Sandalpur

Of every 100 households in Sandalpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sandalpur · ■ Nardiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**85%

Tap water ****8%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**40%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**32%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**41%

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 Sandalpur?

■ Sandalpur · ■ Nardiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****4.3%**

**55.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**949

Working population ****53.8%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 6.2% for men and 2.7% for women. 46% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (94%) · **■** Marginal 2 (4%)

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 Nardiganj

- Adampur411 people
- Jagdishpur359 people
- Nandgram328 people
- Mutanaze271 people

[All 55 villages in Nardiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/nardiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sandalpur from Nawada?25 km by road
- What is the population of Sandalpur?93 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sandalpur in?Nawada district (Nardiganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sandalpur?4.3% (Census 2011)