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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMAWATI DEVI
Contact: 91****8011
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- LGD code
- 231160
- Pincode
- 841409
- Post office
- Dighwdubauli
- Population
- 1,749
- Households
- 373
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1173 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 242
Census 2011 · in context
How Shampur compares
By population, Shampur ranks #42 of 121 villages in Baikunthpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.5%
+4.7% vs mandal average
- Shampur
- 54.5%
- Baikunthpur mandal
- 49.8%
- Gopalganj district
- 54.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,173
+161 vs mandal average
- Shampur
- 1,173
- Baikunthpur mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
4.7
−1.2 vs mandal average
- Shampur
- 4.7
- Baikunthpur mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shampur at a glance
Shampur is a village of 1,749 people in 373 households (Census 2011) in Baikunthpur block, Gopalganj district, Bihar, the 42nd-largest of 121 villages in Baikunthpur block. Literacy is 55%, 5 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,173 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841409, served by Dighwdubauli post office; the LGD village code is 231160. The sarpanch is RAMAWATI DEVI, and the village votes in Mahua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 2,062 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shampur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARAULI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 31
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- HAKAM
- Total area (ha)
- 244
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 162.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shampur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shampur
- LGD code
- 231160
- Pincode
- 841409
- Post office
- Dighwdubauli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,749
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,062
- Households
- 373
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1173
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahua
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMAWATI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Baikunthpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 841409
- DighwaBaikunthpur mandal21,100 pop
- RewtithBaikunthpur mandal9,324 pop
- KatalpuraBaikunthpur mandal9,161 pop
- SirsaBaikunthpur mandal8,605 pop
- ChamanpuraBaikunthpur mandal7,682 pop
- FajullahpurBaikunthpur mandal6,828 pop
- HakramBaikunthpur mandal6,176 pop
- GamhariBaikunthpur mandal5,765 pop
- Bansghat MasuariaBaikunthpur mandal5,724 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)