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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAGARNATH SAH
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- LGD code
- 240487
- Pincode
- 813207
- Post office
- Khesar
- Population
- 969
- Households
- 178
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 907 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 402
Census 2011 · in context
How Paidapur compares
By population, Paidapur ranks #73 of 186 villages in Shambhuganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
−5.1% vs mandal average
Paidapur48.1%
Shambhuganj mandal53.2%
Banka district47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
907
+23 vs mandal average
Paidapur907
Shambhuganj mandal884
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
Paidapur5.4
Shambhuganj mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paidapur at a glance
Paidapur is a village of 969 people in 178 households (Census 2011) in Shambhuganj block, Banka district, Bihar, the 73rd-largest of 186 villages in Shambhuganj block. Literacy is 48%, 5 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813207, served by Khesar post office; the LGD village code is 240487. The sarpanch is JAGARNATH SAH, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,142 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paidapur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SULTANGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PARMANANDPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 124
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paidapur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paidapur
- LGD code
- 240487
- Pincode
- 813207
- Post office
- Khesar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 969
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,142
- Households
- 178
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 907
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Simri Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAGARNATH SAH
- Block / Mandal
- Shambhuganj
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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