# Shajahanpur Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Shajahanpur

Shajahanpur is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845453**. The 2011 Census counted **206 people in 41 households**, the 150th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 206people (2011)
- 41households
- 60.3%literacy
- 845453PIN code

## Shajahanpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shajahanpur is 845453.** Shajahanpur falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845453
- Gram panchayatMehnaul Kalan
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216328

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

## How far is Shajahanpur from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)58 km by road
- Ramnagar (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 Shajahanpur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Shajahanpur known for?

About 33% of the 116 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Shajahanpur

Of every 100 households in Shajahanpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shajahanpur · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****24%**

**38%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shajahanpur?

■ Shajahanpur · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1381**

**959

Working population ****58.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 44.3% for women. 57% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 61 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 57 (48%)

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 Gaunaha

- Bairia229 people
- Sisai217 people
- Jamunia215 people
- Tara212 people
- Jaria196 people
- Hasti Bairia116 people
- Kataha25 people
- Kehunia Dih24 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shajahanpur?845453
- How far is Shajahanpur from Bettiah?58 km by road
- What is the population of Shajahanpur?206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shajahanpur in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shajahanpur?60.3% (Census 2011)