Shambhuganj Subdivision - Banka, Bihar

Shambhuganj is an administrative subdivision in the Banka district of Bihar, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Shambhuganj is the main town for most villages within the subdivision. The nearest railway station is situated at Sultanganj, while the nearest airport is Dhanbad Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 112.8 km.

The total area of the subdivision is 176 km², including 176.41 km² rural area and 0.00 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 883 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Shambhuganj Subdivision

Shambhuganj Subdivision has a total of 188 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Subdivision, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Abdul Mali Chak	Rural	Parariya
2	Ahmad Alipur	Rural	Ramchua
3	Ahmad Alipur	Rural	Ramchua
4	Asauta	Rural	Bharatshila
5	Bagha	Rural	Poukari
6	Baidpur	Rural	Baidpur
7	Bangali Kalan	Rural	Poukari
8	Bangali Khurd	Rural	Poukari
9	Bangaon	Rural	Baidpur
10	Bangawan	Rural	Baidpur
11	Bansipur	Rural	Kurma
12	Barautha	Rural	Maldih
13	Barhait	Rural	Kurma
14	Barhaula	Rural	Birnaudha
15	Basohara	Rural	Jhakhra
16	Bato	Rural	Poukari
17	Bela	Rural	Baidpur
18	Belari	Rural	Chutiya Belari
19	Belari Milik	Rural	Chutiya Belari
20	Belsira	Rural	Barsabad
21	Bhadodih	Rural	Gulni
22	Bhadodih Milik	Rural	Gulni
23	Bhagwanpur	Rural	Gulni
24	Bhagwatchak	Rural	Maldih
25	Bhalua	Rural	Poukari
26	Bhandaro	Rural	Kaswa
27	Bhatasila	Rural	Bharatshila
28	Bhattachak	Rural	Baidpur
29	Bhattachak Barbighia	Rural	Poukari
30	Bhikharikita	Rural	Kaswa
31	Bhitti	Rural	Parariya
32	Bikrampur	Rural	Poukari
33	Birnaudha	Rural	Birnaudha
34	Bisbita	Rural	Poukari
35	Bishunpur	Rural	Pakariya
36	Chandarpur	Rural	Poukari
37	Chatma	Rural	Kurma
38	Chatma Arazi	Rural	Kurma
39	Chatma Arazi	Rural	Kurma
40	Chautara	Rural	Pakariya
41	Chhatahar	Rural	Chhatrahar
42	Chutia	Rural	Chutiya Belari
43	Chutia Arazi	Rural	Chutiya Belari
44	Chutia Milik	Rural	Chutiya Belari
45	Daka	Rural	Mirjapur
46	Daka Milik	Rural	Mirjapur
47	Daulatchak	Rural	Kurma
48	Dealdih	Rural	Gulni
49	Dealdih	Rural	Gulni
50	Dhanihar	Rural	Chhatrahar
51	Dharampur	Rural	Kurma
52	Fatma Chak	Rural	Karsop
53	Gauripur	Rural	Poukari
54	Ghogha	Rural	Poukari
55	Ghospur	Rural	Kamatpur
56	Gidhaura	Rural	Birnaudha
57	Goera Lakhanpur	Rural	Ramchua
58	Goera Sahroi	Rural	Chhatrahar
59	Gorai	Rural	Mirjapur
60	Goriawan	Rural	Gulni
61	Gulni	Rural	Gulni
62	Harbanspur	Rural	Chhatrahar
63	Imamnagar	Rural	Parariya
64	Itwa	Rural	Poukari
65	Itwa	Rural	Poukari
66	Jagtapur	Rural	Kaswa
67	Jaitpur	Rural	Ramchua
68	Jaitpur Milik	Rural	Ramchua
69	Jala	Rural	Poukari
70	Jamaia Chak	Rural	Barsabad
71	Jamuni	Rural	Chhatrahar
72	Jamuni	Rural	Chhatrahar
73	Jangal	Rural	Jhakhra
74	Jhakhra	Rural	Jhakhra
75	Jhiktia	Rural	Parmanandpur
76	Jogdiha	Rural	Mirjapur
77	Jogi Bhaga	Rural	Poukari
78	Jogia	Rural	Bharatshila
79	Jogni	Rural	Mirjapur
80	Kaitha	Rural	Birnaudha
81	Kamalchak	Rural	Poukari
82	Kamardih	Rural	Birnaudha
83	Kamargawan	Rural	Chutiya Belari
84	Kamargawan Milik	Rural	Chutiya Belari
85	Kamatpur	Rural	Kamatpur
86	Karanja	Rural	Maldih
87	Karanpur	Rural	Karsop
88	Karharia	Rural	Maldih
89	Karsanda	Rural	Pakariya
90	Karsandi	Rural	Pakariya
91	Karsop	Rural	Karsop
92	Karsop Arazi	Rural	Karsop
93	Kasba	Rural	Kaswa
94	Kashidih	Rural	Chhatrahar
95	Kashidih	Rural	Chhatrahar
96	Kashidih	Rural	Chhatrahar
97	Kasraha	Rural	Maldih
98	Kenli	Rural	Baidpur
99	Keshopur	Rural	Ramchua
100	Khajuri	Rural	Ramchua
101	Khajuri Milik	Rural	Ramchua
102	Khangah	Rural	Barsabad
103	Khas Bagha	Rural	Poukari
104	Kiranpur	Rural	Parariya
105	Korharia Arazi	Rural	Maldih
106	Kunath	Rural	Parariya
107	Kuntha	Rural	Kamatpur
108	Kurma	Rural	Kurma
109	Kusaha	Rural	Gulni
110	Lakha	Rural	Poukari
111	Lakheraj Arazi	Rural	Ramchua
112	Lakhna	Unmapped	Gulni
113	Lokhna	Rural	Gulni
114	Madanpur	Rural	Parmanandpur
115	Mahisauta	Rural	Kaswa
116	Mahthudih	Rural	Chutiya Belari
117	Majhgain	Rural	Baidpur
118	Majhgain	Rural	Barsabad
119	Majhok	Rural	Mirjapur
120	Majnu	Rural	Mirjapur
121	Malda Buzurg	Rural	Chhatrahar
122	Malda Khurd	Rural	Chhatrahar
123	Maldih	Rural	Maldih
124	Maldih Bagha	Rural	Poukari
125	Mandiari	Rural	Kaswa
126	Manikpur	Rural	Poukari
127	Masudanpur	Rural	Chhatrahar
128	Meharpur	Rural	Jhakhra
129	Mirzapur	Rural	Chhatrahar
130	Mirzapur	Rural	Mirjapur
131	Mohanpur	Rural	Poukari
132	Mohanpur	Rural	Parariya
133	Mohanpur Garhi	Rural	Poukari
134	Molnochak Maldih	Rural	Kurma
135	Morhia	Rural	Chutiya Belari
136	Mukharia Chak	Rural	Parariya
137	Naraenpur	Rural	Pakariya
138	Naraun	Rural	Maldih
139	Narsandi	Rural	Gulni
140	Nijhri	Rural	Bharatshila
141	Nurpur Bagha	Rural	Poukari
142	Orkita	Rural	Parmanandpur
143	Pachrukhi	Rural	Chutiya Belari
144	Padamchak	Rural	Chhatrahar
145	Pahalanpur	Rural	Parariya
146	Pahari	Rural	Chhatrahar
147	Pahari Arazi	Rural	Chhatrahar
148	Pahari Arazi	Rural	Chhatrahar
149	Paidapur	Rural	Parmanandpur
150	Pakar	Rural	Poukari
151	Pakaria	Rural	Pakariya
152	Pararia	Rural	Parariya
153	Parmanpur	Rural	Parmanandpur
154	Partapur	Rural	Jhakhra
155	Pattapahari	Rural	Chhatrahar
156	Patwara	Rural	Karsop
157	Pawkuri	Rural	Poukari
158	Pipra	Rural	Bharatshila
159	Pirthichak	Rural	Baidpur
160	Raipura	Rural	Kurma
161	Raipura	Rural	Kurma
162	Raipura	Rural	Kurma
163	Ramchua	Rural	Ramchua
164	Rampur Dharhi	Rural	Pakariya
165	Rudpai	Rural	Karsop
166	Saguni	Rural	Birnaudha
167	Sahdeopur	Rural	Birnaudha
168	Sahdewa	Rural	Mirjapur
169	Saighat	Rural	Poukari
170	Sawaidih	Rural	Gulni
171	Shampur	Rural	Parmanandpur
172	Silauta	Rural	Baidpur
173	Silauta Arazi	Rural	Baidpur
174	Silauta Bhatotar	Rural	Baidpur
175	Silauta Bhatotar Tinbighia	Rural	Baidpur
176	Sobhnathpur	Rural	Kaswa
177	Sobhnathpur	Rural	Kaswa
178	Sondiha	Rural	Mirjapur
179	Teldiha	Rural	Chhatrahar
180	Telganwan	Rural	Gulni
181	Telsanda	Rural	Barsabad
182	Tetaria	Rural	Parmanandpur
183	Thebhai	Rural	Baidpur
184	Tina	Rural	Chhatrahar
185	Titihi	Rural	Parmanandpur
186	Tulshichak	Rural	Kurma
187	Warsabad	Rural	Barsabad
188	Yevae	Unmapped	Not applicable

Population of Shambhuganj Subdivision

As per the Census 2011, Shambhuganj Subdivision has a total population of 1,73,974 people, consisting of 92,351 males and 81,623 females. There are 32,616 households in the subdivision with an average population density of 986 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,73,974	1,73,974	0
Male Population	92,351	92,351	0
Female Population	81,623	81,623	0
Total Households	32,616	32,616	0
Population Density	986 / km²	986 / km²	0 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the subdivision has 92,550 literate people and 31,311 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 22,580 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 205 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural
Child Population (Age 0–6)	31,311	31,311
Literate Population	92,550	92,550
Illiterate Population	81,424	81,424
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	22,580	22,580
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	205	205

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Subdivision Overview
Subdivision (Hindi)	Shambhuganj (शम्भूगंज)
District	Banka
State / UT	Bihar
Railway Station	Sultanganj
Total Area	176 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	883
Total Population (2011)	1,73,974
Density	986/km²
Total Villages	188

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