# Shekhapur Village, Khuldabad, Aurangabad (Maharashtra)

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Village · Khuldabad, Aurangabad 

# Shekhapur

Shekhapur is a village in Khuldabad sub-district of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **649 people in 139 households**, the 51st largest of 74 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 649people (2011)
- 139households
- 67.8%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Shekhapur PIN code and other codes

Shekhapur falls in Khuldabad sub-district, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKhuldabad
- Census village code548976

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

## How far is Shekhapur from nearby towns?

- Khuldabad (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Aurangabad (district HQ)47 km by road
- Khuldabad (nearest town)28 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 Shekhapur?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Shekhapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bajarswangi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bajarswangi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Aurangabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Shekhapur known for?

About 78% of the 524 hectares of village land is sown, and 379 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 Shekhapur

Of every 100 households in Shekhapur in 2011, 77 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhapur · ■ Khuldabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**61%

Tap water ****0%**

**50%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**86%

Use banking services ****69%**

**66%

Television ****39%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**23%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**25%

Own their home ****91%**

**92%

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 Shekhapur?

■ Shekhapur · ■ Khuldabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****755**

**843

Working population ****51.3%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 53.1% for women. 52% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 135 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (55%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%)

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 Khuldabad

- Zari804 people
- Rail788 people
- Wadhod Kh734 people
- Nandrabad705 people
- Indapur642 people
- Mhaismal628 people
- Gandheshwar587 people
- Mamurabad584 people

[All 76 villages in Khuldabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/aurangabad/khuldabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shekhapur from Aurangabad?47 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhapur?649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhapur in?Aurangabad district (Khuldabad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhapur?67.8% (Census 2011)