# Bara Shankar Village, Patahi, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/patahi/bara-shankar/ Village · Patahi, Purba Champaran # Bara Shankar Bara Shankar is a village in Patahi sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845457**. The 2011 Census counted **10,780 people in 2,463 households**, the 2nd largest of 37 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%. - 10,780people (2011) - 2,463households - 49.3%literacy - 845457PIN code ## Bara Shankar PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Bara Shankar is 845457.** Bara Shankar falls in Patahi sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar. - PIN code845457 - Gram panchayatBara Shankar - Community development blockPatahi - Census village code218512 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Bara Shankar from nearby towns? - Patahi (sub-district HQ)5 km by road - Motihari (district HQ)35 km by road - Pakri Dayal (nearest town)10 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 Bara Shankar? 21 services counted by the Census are inside Bara Shankar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 3 govt - ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn 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 - ●Sports fieldIn 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 - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Bara Shankar known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 852 hectares of village land is sown, and 593 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 Bara Shankar Of every 100 households in Bara Shankar in 2011, 17 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Bara Shankar · ■ Patahi rural average Electricity for lighting ****17%** **4% Toilet within the home ****15%** **22% No toilet (open defecation) ****84%** **78% Tap water ****2%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****40%** **46% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%** **3% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%** **96% Use banking services ****34%** **35% Television ****11%** **8% Mobile phone ****50%** **48% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****6%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **1% None of these assets ****27%** **21% Own their home ****97%** **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 Bara Shankar? ■ Bara Shankar · ■ Patahi rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%** **53.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916** **902 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902** **915 Working population ****43.2%** **31.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 57.7% for men and 40.1% for women. 49% of men and 37% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 309 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,583 (34%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 117 (3%) · **■** Marginal 2,649 (57%) 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 Patahi - Bokane Kalan14,152 people - Patahi Jadu10,040 people - Saraia Gopal9,168 people - Jihuli9,153 people - Padumrier7,849 people [All 37 villages in Patahi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/patahi/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Bara Shankar?845457 - How far is Bara Shankar from Motihari?35 km by road - What is the population of Bara Shankar?10,780 (Census 2011) - Which district is Bara Shankar in?Purba Champaran district (Patahi sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Bara Shankar?49.3% (Census 2011)