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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KALANAND SINGH
Contact: 95****0151
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- LGD code
- 240540
- Pincode
- 813211
- Post office
- Shambhuganj
- Population
- 278
- Households
- 58
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 112
Census 2011 · in context
How Sobhnathpur compares
By population, Sobhnathpur ranks #109 of 186 villages in Shambhuganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.3%
+14.1% vs mandal average
- Sobhnathpur
- 67.3%
- Shambhuganj mandal
- 53.2%
- Banka district
- 47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
+60 vs mandal average
- Sobhnathpur
- 944
- Shambhuganj mandal
- 884
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Sobhnathpur
- 4.8
- Shambhuganj mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sobhnathpur at a glance
Sobhnathpur is a village of 278 people in 58 households (Census 2011) in Shambhuganj block, Banka district, Bihar, the 109th-largest of 186 villages in Shambhuganj block. Literacy is 67%, 14 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813211, served by Shambhuganj post office; the LGD village code is 240540. The sarpanch is KALANAND SINGH, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 328 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sobhnathpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 1
- Power hours (winter)
- 1
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BANKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KASWA
- Total area (ha)
- 1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sobhnathpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sobhnathpur
- LGD code
- 240540
- Pincode
- 813211
- Post office
- Shambhuganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 278
- Population (projected 2026)
- 328
- Households
- 58
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 67.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Simri Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KALANAND SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Shambhuganj
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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