Shambhuganj is a Block positioned in Banka district in Bihar. Placed in rural region of Bihar, it is one of the 11 blocks of Banka district. According to the government records, the block number of Shambhuganj is 333. The block has 172 villages and there are total 32616 families in this Block.
As per Census 2011, Shambhuganj's population is 173974. Out of this, 92351 are males whereas the females count 81623 here. This block has 31311 children in the age group of 0-6 years. Among them 16321 are boys and 14990 are girls.
Literacy ratio in Shambhuganj block is 53%. 92550 out of total 173974 population is educated here. In males the literacy rate is 59% as 55152 males out of total 92351 are literate whereas female literacy rate is 45% as 37398 out of total 81623 females are educated in this Block.
The Negative side is that illiteracy rate of Shambhuganj block is 46%. Here 81424 out of total 173974 people are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 40% as 37199 males out of total 92351 are uneducated. Among the females the illiteracy rate is 54% and 44225 out of total 81623 females are illiterate in this block.
The number of employed individual of Shambhuganj block is 59841 whereas 114133 are un-employed. And out of 59841 employed person 5094 persons are completely dependent on agriculture.