Shankar Bigha
Wazirganj block · Gaya district, Bihar · PIN 802131 · village code 256755
Population 2011
1,946
Census of India
Population 2020
3,642
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+87.2%
1,696 people · 7.2% a year
Households
495
+27.6% vs 388 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,946
Male / female
1,022 / 924
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
309
Literacy rate
49.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
725 / 0
Working population
846
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.2%
Households
388
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
396
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
66
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
180
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
296 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
265 / 296 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
24.7928, 85.0062 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Shakir Bigha · Shamnagar · Shamshabad · Shamsher Khap · Shankarpur · Sharafuddinpur · Shekh Bigha · Shekh Bigha