Shamnagar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Shamnagar ranks #59 of 115 villages in Khizirsarai mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shamnagar is a village of 1,159 people in 168 households (Census 2011) in Khizirsarai block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 59th-largest of 115 villages in Khizirsarai block. Literacy is 60%, 8 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824233, served by Khizersarai post office; the LGD village code is 254984. The village votes in Mokama assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anant Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,366 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kurwa →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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