Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura
# Angpur

Angpur is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 531 people in 75 households, the 36th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.
- 531 people (2011)
- 75 households
- 58.9% literacy
- 1,034 females per 1,000 males

## Angpur PIN code and other codes

Angpur falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Lohan
- Community development block Chewara
- Census village code 244044

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Angpur from nearby towns?
- Chewara (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ) 15 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Angpur?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Angpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 private
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Chewara
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Chewara
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Angpur known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 100% of the 89 hectares of village land is sown, and 46 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Angpur

Of every 100 households in Angpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Angpur · ■ Chewara rural average
- Electricity for lighting 4% 5%
- Toilet within the home 10% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 90% 79%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 45% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 96%
- Use banking services 42% 34%
- Television 2% 6%
- Mobile phone 63% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 29% 34%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Angpur?

■ Angpur · ■ Chewara rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 58.9% 61.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1034 961
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 943 958
- Working population 23.0% 37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 44.1% for women. 41% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 53 (43%) · ■ Farm labourers 56 (46%) · ■ Household industry 3 (2%) · ■ Other work 9 (7%) · ■ Marginal 1 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chewara
- Fatehpur 662 people
- Dhamsena 644 people
- Mane 600 people
- Rankar 566 people
- Kewali 459 people
- Masarhi 439 people
- Kamalgarh 358 people

All 39 villages in Chewara

## Quick answers
- How far is Angpur from Sheikhpura? 15 km by road
- What is the population of Angpur? 531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Angpur in? Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Angpur? 58.9% (Census 2011)

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