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Sukhpura is a village in Bijaipur mandal, Gopalganj district, Bihar, with a population of 545 across 85 households. The village has a literacy rate of 51.2% and is located at coordinates 25.848°N, 84.097°E.
By population, Sukhpura ranks #85 of 143 villages in Bijaipur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sukhpura is a village of 545 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Bijaipur block, Gopalganj district, Bihar, the 85th-largest of 143 villages in Bijaipur block. Literacy is 51%, 2 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,080 women per 1,000 men. It lies 112 km from the Gopalganj district centre, 0 km from Sukhpura, the nearest town, 10 km from Phephna Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841508, served by Bijaipur (Gopalganj) post office; the LGD village code is 229880. The nearest hospital or health centre is Asarfi Hospital, 10 km away. The village votes in Minapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 643 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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