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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Shankarpur is a village in Bikapur mandal, Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 2,006 across 363 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.8% and postal code 224209.
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aarti singh
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- LGD code
- 166612
- Pincode
- 224209
- Post office
- Chaurebazar
- Population
- 2,006
- Households
- 363
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1136 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 648
- Distance to district centre
- 362 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 282 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 312 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 637 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chaf · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Mahuawa Buzurg · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Shankarpur compares
By population, Shankarpur ranks #66 of 340 villages in Bikapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.8%
−9.5% vs mandal average
- Shankarpur
- 49.8%
- Bikapur mandal
- 59.3%
- Ayodhya district
- 58.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,136
+131 vs mandal average
- Shankarpur
- 1,136
- Bikapur mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Shankarpur
- 5.5
- Bikapur mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shankarpur at a glance
Shankarpur is a village of 2,006 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Bikapur tehsil, Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, the 66th-largest of 340 villages in Bikapur tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,136 women per 1,000 men. It lies 362 km from the Ayodhya district centre, 17 km from Amwa Khas, the nearest town, 5 km from Chaf railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 224209, served by Chaurebazar post office; the LGD village code is 166612. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Mahuawa Buzurg, 4 km away. The sarpanch is aarti singh, and the village votes in Haidergarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Rawat. The population is estimated at 2,365 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shankarpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shankarpur · this village | 2,006 | 50% | — |
| Shankarpur · Saidpur | 335 | 68% | 0 km N |
| Shankarpur · Balrampur | 1,045 | 33% | 0 km N |
| Shankarpur · Baheri | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Shankarpur · Lakhimpur | 2,083 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Shankarpur · Bhinga | 2,853 | 41% | 0 km N |
| Shankarpur · Sandila | 783 | 49% | 0 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Shankarpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIKASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 49
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 29
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHANKAR PUR
- Total area (ha)
- 244.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 176
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Shankarpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Shankarpur
- LGD code
- 166612
- Pincode
- 224209
- Post office
- Chaurebazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,006
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,365
- Households
- 363
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1136
- Literacy rate
- 49.8%
- Coordinates
- 26.78056°N, 84.08922°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Barabanki
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Haidergarh
- Member of Parliament
- Tanuj Punia
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dinesh Rawat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- aarti singh
- Block / Mandal
- Bikapur
Getting there
How to reach Shankarpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow312 kmcapital
- Kolkata637 km
- Delhi707 km
- Hyderabad1193 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChaf5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Mahuawa Buzurg4 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpHP Pump6 km
- CollegeBRD PG college43 km
- Police stationBettiah Main Police Station44 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Shankarpur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Budhiya MaayiTemple4.6 km ↗
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)