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

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Village · Chewara, Sheikhpura 

# Rankar

Rankar is a village in Chewara sub-district of Sheikhpura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **566 people in 76 households**, the 35th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 566people (2011)
- 76households
- 68.4%literacy
- 752females per 1,000 males

## Rankar PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatChevara
- Community development blockChewara
- Census village code244049

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

## How far is Rankar from nearby towns?

- Chewara (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Sheikhpura (district HQ)13 km by road
- Sheikhpura (nearest town)13 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 Rankar?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sheikhpura
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Chewara
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand 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 Rankar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 62 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Rankar

Of every 100 households in Rankar in 2011, 1 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rankar · ■ Chewara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

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

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**34%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Rankar?

■ Rankar · ■ Chewara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****752**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1378**

**958

Working population ****21.9%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 53.0% for women. 37% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (64%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 17 (14%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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

- Basant717 people
- Fatehpur662 people
- Dhamsena644 people
- Mane600 people
- Angpur531 people
- Kewali459 people
- Masarhi439 people
- Kamalgarh358 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rankar from Sheikhpura?13 km by road
- What is the population of Rankar?566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rankar in?Sheikhpura district (Chewara sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rankar?68.4% (Census 2011)