Country India District Saharsa PIN 852123 Elevation 46 m Area code 06478 | State Bihar Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Telephone code 06478 Population 4,906 (2011) ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Shahpur Village, with population of 4906 is Nauhatta sub district's the 9th most populous village, located in Nauhatta sub district of Saharsa district in the state Bihar in India. Total geographical area of Shahpur village is 3 km2 and it is the 16th biggest village by area in the Nauhatta sub district. Population density of the village is 1430 persons per km2.
Contents
- Demographics
- Growth of populations
- Sex Ratio Females per 1000 Male
- Literacy
- Workers profile
- Nearest banks
- How to reach Shahpur
- Map
- References
Nearest town of the village is Supaul and distance from Shahpur village to Supaul is 20 km. The village has its own post office and the pin code of Shahpur village is 852123. The village comes under Shahpur Panchayat. Nauhatta is the sub district headquarter and the distance from the village is 5 km. District headquarter of the village is Saharsa which is 25 km away.. It belongs to Kosi Division. It is located 20 km towards North from District headquarters Saharsa. 165 km from State capital Patna. It comes under Mahisi constituency.
Demographics
The village is home to 4906 people, among them 2615 (53%) are male and 2291 (47%) are female. 90% of the whole population are from general caste, 10% are from schedule caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Shahpur village is 21%, among them 53% are boys and 47% are girls. There are 961 households in the village and an average 5 persons live in every family. In Shahpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 1012 which makes up 20.63% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahpur village is 876 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahpur as per census is 899, lower than Bihar average of 935.
Growth of populations
Population of the village has increased by 8.4% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 4525. Female population growth rate of the village is 4.5% which is -7.6% lower than male population growth rate of 12.1%. General caste population has increased by 12.6%; Schedule caste population has decreased by -18.9% and child population has increased by 27.6% in the village since last census.
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 876 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio in general caste is 882, in schedule caste is 821. There are 899 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in the village has decreased by 64 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 2 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
Literacy
Total 1922 people in the village are literate, among them 1334 are male and 588 are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Shahpur is 49%. 64% of male and 32% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has increased by 21%. Male literacy has gone up by 22% and female literacy rate has gone up by 19%.
Workers profile
Shahpur has 35% (1710) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 47% male and 21% female population are working population. 28% of total male population are main (full-time) workers and 19% are marginal (part-time) workers. For women 10% of total female population are main and 11% are marginal workers.
Nearest banks
How to reach Shahpur
There is no railway station near to Shahpur in less than 10 km. Saharsa Jn Railway Station (near to Saharsa), Karukhirharnagar Halt Railway Station (near to Saharsa) are the Railway stations reachable from nearby towns. How ever Darbhanga Jn Railway Station is major railway station 67 km near to Shahpur.
Saharsa are the nearby by towns to Shahpur having road connectivity to Shahpur.
Map
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