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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
divya mishra
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- LGD code
- 246585
- Pincode
- 802165
- Post office
- Shahpurpatti
- Population
- 833
- Households
- 136
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Sex ratio
- 851 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 176
Census 2011 · in context
How Lashkara compares
By population, Lashkara ranks #64 of 139 villages in Shahpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.5%
−2.5% vs mandal average
- Lashkara
- 55.5%
- Shahpur mandal
- 58.0%
- Bhojpur district
- 58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
851
−43 vs mandal average
- Lashkara
- 851
- Shahpur mandal
- 894
Household size
people per home
6.1
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Lashkara
- 6.1
- Shahpur mandal
- 7.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lashkara at a glance
Lashkara is a village of 833 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Shahpur block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 64th-largest of 139 villages in Shahpur block. Literacy is 56%, 3 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 851 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802165, served by Shahpurpatti post office; the LGD village code is 246585. The sarpanch is divya mishra, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 982 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lashkara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHAHPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bharuli
- Total area (ha)
- 113
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 102
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lashkara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lashkara
- LGD code
- 246585
- Pincode
- 802165
- Post office
- Shahpurpatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 833
- Population (projected 2026)
- 982
- Households
- 136
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 851
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- divya mishra
- Block / Mandal
- Shahpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 802165
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Other villages in Shahpur mandal
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- Damodarpur (Ditto)
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- Karnamenpur
- Isharpura
- Char Ghat
- Karja
- Tikapur
- Khutaha
- Dumariya
- Lachatola Bersingha (Ditto)
- Khagraha
- Kharaun
- Harkhi Pipra
- Ramdatahi
- Sonbarsa
- Ramchandar Semaria
- Lalu Ahir Ka Dera (Ditto)
- Bahoranpur Dakhinwar
- Lilari
- Hariharpur
- Mahuar Inglish
- Suremarpur (Ditto)
- Parsonda
- Bhimpatti
- Ramdihra
- Chamarpur
- Paharpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)