# Shekhpurwa Village, Pakri Dayal, Purba Champaran (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/pakri-dayal/shekhpurwa/ Village · Pakri Dayal, Purba Champaran # Shekhpurwa Shekhpurwa is a village in Pakri Dayal sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **3,192 people in 617 households**, the 11th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.3%. - 3,192people (2011) - 617households - 47.4%literacy - 884females per 1,000 males ## Shekhpurwa PIN code and other codes Shekhpurwa falls in Pakri Dayal sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatRajepur Nawada - Community development blockPakri Dayal - Census village code218506 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Shekhpurwa from nearby towns? - Pakri Dayal (sub-district HQ)9 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)35 km by road - Pakri Dayal (nearest town)9 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 Shekhpurwa? 21 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhpurwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kunawa - ○Degree college10+ km · Barka Ganw - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari - ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Public library5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)5 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 Shekhpurwa known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 96% of the 459 hectares of village land is sown, and 304 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 Shekhpurwa Of every 100 households in Shekhpurwa in 2011, 3 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Shekhpurwa · ■ Pakri Dayal rural average Electricity for lighting ****3%** **1% Toilet within the home ****6%** **14% No toilet (open defecation) ****94%** **86% Tap water ****0%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****53%** **46% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%** **98% Use banking services ****23%** **50% Television ****2%** **6% Mobile phone ****43%** **55% Computer with internet ****0%** **1% Two-wheeler ****4%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **2% None of these assets ****19%** **20% 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 Shekhpurwa? ■ Shekhpurwa · ■ Pakri Dayal rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%** **51.3% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884** **936 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825** **940 Working population ****42.0%** **33.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 56.8% for men and 37.0% for women. 45% of men and 39% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 153 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 854 (64%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 63 (5%) · **■** Marginal 265 (20%) 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 Pakri Dayal - Harnatha7,286 people - Chaita6,477 people - Ajgarwa4,233 people - Chhapra Bhikhari3,201 people - Tharbhitiya3,104 people - Majhaulia2,929 people - Itwa2,617 people - Banar Jhula2,390 people [All 21 villages in Pakri Dayal](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/pakri-dayal/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Shekhpurwa from Motihari?35 km by road - What is the population of Shekhpurwa?3,192 (Census 2011) - Which district is Shekhpurwa in?Purba Champaran district (Pakri Dayal sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Shekhpurwa?47.4% (Census 2011)