Sheikhpura district


Sheikhpura district is one of the thirty eight districts of Bihar state, India, and Sheikhpura town is the administrative headquarter of this district. Sheikhpura district is a part of Munger Division. Sheikhpura was separated from Munger District and was made a separate district with headquarter at Sheikhpura on 31 July 1994.
As of 2011 it is the least populous district of Bihar.

Geography

Sheikhpura district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to the Solomon Islands' Kolombangara.
S.K.R college barbigha stadium is the most prominent place for district players.
A regular cricket tournament is organized in Mehus village annually and is very popular among neighbouring districts.

Economy

Shekhpura is one of the smallest district of Bihar having just six blocks and people are dependent on agriculture. Some Mining of smaller hillocks with crushers is one of the main activities for employment. In 2006 Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sheikhpura one of the country's 250 Poverty in India. It is one of the 36 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Infrastructure

Health and medicine

Sheikhpura is the centre of health care for all villages and blocks. Sadar Hospital first medical Hospital by government was established in Dallu Chowk.
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Sub-Division

The district consists only one sub-division Sheikhpura, which is divided into six developmental blocks: Ariari, Sheikhpura, Barbigha, Ghatkusumbha, Chewara, Shekhopur Sarai.
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Legislative Assembly Constituencies

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Villages

Police Stations

Roadways
The town is connected by road to major hubs in the region with frequent bus service.
Railways
Sheikhpura is located on the broad gauge line Gaya-Kiul line connecting Kiul and Gaya. The town is served by a direct daily train to Kolkata, and a weekly service to Guwahati via Bhagalpur. The state capital Patna could be reached through a stop-over at Kiul from where rest of India is well connected.
Very recently the Fatuha-Islampur and Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir branch lines have been connected with this route. Extension of passenger services to inter-link Sheikhpura with Hilsa, Bihar|Hilsa and Bihar Sharif is expected very soon.

Local transport

Sheikhpura has a well developed transport system inside city on very cheap rate. Tum-Tum is generally Driven by Horse, and used to travel in all part of city as a local transport.
Tum-Tum are now old memory of sheikhpura auto has been started in the city since 2 years.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Sheikhpura district has a population of 636,342, roughly equal to the nation of Montenegro or the US state of Vermont. This gives it a ranking of 516th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.82%. Sheikhpura has a sex ratio of 926 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 65.96%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 95.11% of the population in the district spoke Hindi and 4.70% Urdu as their first language.

Education

Schools in Sheikhpura District
  1. Saint marry public school
Established on 1932.
& Ideal Middle School Of Charuanwa will be a next High School of this District. Adarsh High School Lohan is very famous in Sheikhpura Also awaiting for government approval Adarsha High school Sohadi is to popular around 5 punchayat like Chordh dargah, Sohadi, Gohada, Marina And Aphardih..
Colleges in Sheikhpura District
Most reputed college is Ramadhin college, Girihinda, Sheikhpura. Others are
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