# Belkhundi Village, Chewara, Sheikhpura (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Belkhundi

Belkhundi is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 231 households**, the 25th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 231households
- 72.0%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Belkhundi PIN code and other codes

Belkhundi falls in Chewara sub-district, Sheikhpura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatEkrama
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244039

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

## How far is Belkhundi from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)7 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Belkhundi?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Belkhundi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 152 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Belkhundi

Of every 100 households in Belkhundi in 2011, 2 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belkhundi · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Belkhundi?

■ Belkhundi · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**958

Working population ****23.3%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 60.7% for women. 27% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (40%) · **■** Household industry 16 (6%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 72 (25%)

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 Chewara

- Andauli1,488 people
- Kusekher1,367 people
- Uski1,277 people
- Kemra1,275 people
- Bengucha1,122 people
- Maheshpur1,083 people
- Hansapur846 people
- Rajpur817 people

[All 39 villages in Chewara](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/sheikhpura/chewara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Belkhundi from Sheikhpura?15 km by road
- What is the population of Belkhundi?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belkhundi in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Belkhundi?72.0% (Census 2011)