# Shekhpura Village, Dagarua, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **59 people in 12 households**, the 136th largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 21.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 59people (2011)
- 12households
- 21.4%literacy
- 1,107females per 1,000 males

## Shekhpura PIN code and other codes

Shekhpura falls in Dagarua sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelgachhi
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224241

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

## How far is Shekhpura from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)24 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)24 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 Shekhpura?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baisi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Shekhpura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 249 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Shekhpura

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

■ Shekhpura · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**38%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****75%**

**21%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**35%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****21.4%**

**45.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1107**

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**975

Working population ****23.7%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 23.8% for men and 19.0% for women. 46% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (7%) · **■** Marginal 10 (71%)

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 Dagarua

- Sahawa181 people
- Rampur145 people
- Bhakhri140 people
- Jhauwa134 people
- Pokharia58 people
- Dargahiganj32 people
- Lal Man16 people
- Malepali9 people

[All 154 villages in Dagarua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/dagarua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekhpura from Purnia?24 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhpura?59 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?21.4% (Census 2011)