# Shekhpura Village, Batiyagarh, Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Batiyagarh, Damoh 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Batiyagarh sub-district of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **500 people in 102 households**, the 85th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 500people (2011)
- 102households
- 53.9%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Shekhpura PIN code and other codes

Shekhpura falls in Batiyagarh sub-district, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBarigarh
- Census village code462072

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Shekhpura from nearby towns?

- Damoh (district HQ)44 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Shekhpura?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhpura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Damoh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hatta
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 7 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shekhpura known for?

About 87% of the 85 hectares of village land is sown, and 27 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 50 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Batiyagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****58%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**45%

Own their home ****84%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Batiyagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**926

Working population ****50.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 41.4% for women. 57% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (31%) · **■** Marginal 84 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Batiyagarh

- Beli551 people
- Riyana533 people
- Khejra Kabirpur522 people
- Deogaon515 people
- Jhagri Kabirpur420 people
- Pondi Fatehpur420 people
- Mahuwat419 people
- Dalpatpura418 people

[All 150 villages in Batiyagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/damoh/batiyagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekhpura from Damoh?44 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhpura?500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Damoh district (Batiyagarh sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?53.9% (Census 2011)