Shekhpura is a village in Akbarpur mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 697 across 107 households. It has a literacy rate of 45.6% and is positioned at 25.947°N, 87.878°E with postal code 805126.
By population, Shekhpura ranks #102 of 157 villages in Akbarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhpura is a village of 697 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Akbarpur block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 102nd-largest of 157 villages in Akbarpur block. Literacy is 46%, 5 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 173 km from the Nawada district centre, 6 km from Sonapur, the nearest town, 3 km from Surja Kama railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805126, served by Rajhat post office; the LGD village code is 257986. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dalkhola Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is SUMITRA DEVI, and the village votes in Alauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Sada. The population is estimated at 650 in 2026, down 7% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Fatehpur →
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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