Shekhpura observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Shekhpura is a village in Narhat mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 4,839 in 773 households. It has a literacy rate of 54.9% and is positioned at coordinates 25.947°N, 87.878°E with PIN code 805103.
By population, Shekhpura ranks #3 of 65 villages in Narhat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhpura is a village of 4,839 people in 773 households (Census 2011) in Narhat block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 65 villages in Narhat block. Literacy is 55%, 4 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 941 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 805103, served by Hasua post office; the LGD village code is 258179. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dalkhola Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is NIRMALA DEVI, and the village votes in Hasanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raj Kumar Ray. The population is estimated at 650 in 2026, down 87% 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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