# Shekhpura Village, Barharia, Siwan (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Barharia, Siwan 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Barharia sub-district of Siwan district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,804 people in 262 households**, the 66th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 1,804people (2011)
- 262households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,107females per 1,000 males

## Shekhpura PIN code and other codes

Shekhpura falls in Barharia sub-district, Siwan district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRasulpur
- Community development blockBarharia
- Census village code231433

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

## How far is Shekhpura from nearby towns?

- Barharia (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Siwan (district HQ)15 km by road
- Siwan (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 Shekhpura?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Barhariya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sauna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Siwan
- ○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 bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- 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 Shekhpura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 80% of the 123 hectares of village land is sown, and 42 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 Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 6 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Barharia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****65%**

**67%

Television ****21%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Barharia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1107**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**963

Working population ****23.8%**

**30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 61.3% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (31%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (10%) · **■** Marginal 70 (16%)

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 Barharia

- Siari1,907 people
- Tilsandi1,902 people
- Dumri1,829 people
- Piprahi1,804 people
- Harpur1,759 people
- Bhaday1,756 people
- Bishambharpur1,747 people
- Hardiya1,716 people

[All 140 villages in Barharia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/siwan/barharia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekhpura from Siwan?15 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhpura?1,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Siwan district (Barharia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?70.5% (Census 2011)