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

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Bengucha

Bengucha is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,122 people in 185 households**, the 26th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,122people (2011)
- 185households
- 66.1%literacy
- 1,078females per 1,000 males

## Bengucha PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLahna
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244015

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

## How far is Bengucha from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)20 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)20 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 Bengucha?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Bengucha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 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 Bengucha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 267 hectares of village land is sown, and 148 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 Bengucha

Of every 100 households in Bengucha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bengucha · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**5%

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

**19%

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

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**34%

Television ****11%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

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

**34%

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 Bengucha?

■ Bengucha · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1078**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1235**

**958

Working population ****34.0%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 56.4% for women. 44% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (41%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 150 (39%)

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

- Kusekher1,367 people
- Uski1,277 people
- Kemra1,275 people
- Belkhundi1,243 people
- Maheshpur1,083 people
- Hansapur846 people
- Rajpur817 people
- Rajaur776 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Bengucha from Sheikhpura?20 km by road
- What is the population of Bengucha?1,122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bengucha in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bengucha?66.1% (Census 2011)