Sheikhpura

This article is about the city in Bihar, India. For its namesake district, see Sheikhpura district.

Not to be confused with Sheikhupura, a city in India, or Sheikhpur, the name of several villages.

Sheikhpura
Town
Sheikhpura, Bihar, India
Sheikhpura Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25°08′25″N85°51′03″E / 25.14028°N 85.85083°E / 25.14028; 85.85083
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Founded by	Rajo Singh
Named after	Rajo Singh
Municipal Council	Sheikhpura Municipal Council
Population  (2011)
• Total	62,927 [1]
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
• Native	Magahi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	811105
Telephone code	06341
Vehicle registration	BR-52
Number of villages	Total: 310 Uninhabited: 52 Inhabited: 258 Gram Panchayat: 54
Website	Sheikhpura district website

Sheikhpura is a town and a municipality ^{[2] [3]} in Sheikhpura district in the Indian state of Bihar. Sheikhpura is also an administrative headquarter of Sheikhpura district.

Postal code

PIN code of Sheikhpura post office is 811105. ^[4] Postal code for Mehus is 811102. ^[5]

Notable people

• Sri Krishna Singh ^[6]
• Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak
• Syed Hasan
• Sudarshan Kumar ^[7]
• Krishna Ballabh Sahay ^[8]
• Rajo Singh ^[9]
• Sunila Devi ^[10]
• Kumkum, Bollywood actress from Hussainabad nawab family who acted in first Bhojpuri movie as lead Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadaibey. She had played important roles in famous Hindi movies like Lalkar, Ankhen and Mother India.
• Aftab Alam ^[11]
• Abul Mahasin Muhammad Sajjad

See also

• Sheikhpura Railway Station
• Maa Vatsala Bhavani Mandir Pharpar
• Ariari
• Ramgarh Chowk
• Beldariya
• Ashok Dham Temple
• Shringi Rishi Dham
• Dhankaul

References

1. "Sheikhpura Population (2021/2022), District Blocks List, Bihar".
2. "e-Municipality Bihar". nagarseva.bihar.gov.in. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
3. "SHEIKHPURA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL | District Sheikhpura, Government of Bihar | India" . Retrieved 24 August 2021.
4. "Sheikhpura PIN code" . Retrieved 25 November 2016.
5. "MEHUS Pin Code - 811102, Sheikhpura All Post Office Areas PIN Codes, Search SHEIKHPURA Post Office Address". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
6. "Remembering Shri Krishna Sinha: First CM of Bihar, a look on life of 'Bihar Kesari'".
7. "Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Sudarshan Kumar's joining JD(U) changed equations in Barbigha Assembly Constituency". 26 October 2020.
8. "कृष्ण बल्लभ सहायः बिहार के वो मुख्यमंत्री जिनका पोता भी उनके खिलाफ नारे लगाता था". LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
9. "पुण्यतिथि पर याद किए गए पूर्व सांसद राजो सिंह". m.jagran.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
10. "पूर्व कांग्रेस विधायक सुनीला देवी का निधन". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
11. TwoCircles.net (13 November 2007). "Justice Aftab Alam is appointed judge of the Supreme Court". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 19 December 2021.