# Shiwapur Village, Kargahar, Rohtas (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kargahar, Rohtas 

# Shiwapur

Shiwapur is a village in Kargahar sub-district of Rohtas district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,022 people in 165 households**, the 86th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 1,022people (2011)
- 165households
- 63.8%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Shiwapur PIN code and other codes

Shiwapur falls in Kargahar sub-district, Rohtas district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatShiwan
- Community development blockKargahar
- Census village code251631

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

## How far is Shiwapur from nearby towns?

- Kargahar (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Sasaram (district HQ)28 km by road
- Sasaram (nearest town)28 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 Shiwapur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Sasaram
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Shiwapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 99% of the 107 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Shiwapur

Of every 100 households in Shiwapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shiwapur · ■ Kargahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**74%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**83%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**64%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****2%**

**16%

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 Shiwapur?

■ Shiwapur · ■ Kargahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**918

Working population ****31.6%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 53.1% for women. 43% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (42%) · **■** Household industry 17 (5%) · **■** Other work 42 (13%) · **■** Marginal 27 (8%)

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 Kargahar

- Bahuara1,047 people
- Delhua1,040 people
- Phakli1,037 people
- Bishunpura1,024 people
- Sajandehra1,021 people
- Balapur1,010 people
- Bhaluari1,007 people
- Parandehra1,006 people

[All 257 villages in Kargahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/rohtas/kargahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shiwapur from Sasaram?28 km by road
- What is the population of Shiwapur?1,022 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiwapur in?Rohtas district (Kargahar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shiwapur?63.8% (Census 2011)