# Shekhpura Village, Sapotra, Karauli (Rajasthan) – PIN Code

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Village · Sapotra, Karauli 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Sapotra sub-district of Karauli district, Rajasthan, PIN code **322255**. The 2011 Census counted **1,291 people in 247 households**, the 59th largest of 167 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.1%.

- 1,291people (2011)
- 247households
- 63.3%literacy
- 322255PIN code

## Shekhpura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shekhpura is 322255.** Shekhpura falls in Sapotra sub-district, Karauli district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code322255
- Community development blockSapotra
- Census village code076937

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?

- Sapotra (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Karauli (district HQ)42 km by road
- Karauli (nearest town)42 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dabra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sapotra
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sapotra
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 10 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?

The main crops are **bajara, wheat and guar**. Products made here include ghee. About 45% of the 375 hectares of village land is sown, and 65 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, 57 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Sapotra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**97%

Use banking services ****26%**

**66%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 · ■ Sapotra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**61.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****798**

**852

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**856

Working population ****53.3%**

**47.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 42.4% for women. 48% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 285 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 107 (16%) · **■** Marginal 258 (38%)

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 Sapotra

- Marmada1,323 people
- Lediya1,303 people
- Gordhanpura1,300 people
- Amre Ki Guwari1,293 people
- Hariya Ka Mandir1,262 people
- Paharpura1,244 people
- Jatwari1,243 people
- Raneta1,232 people

[All 177 villages in Sapotra](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/karauli/sapotra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shekhpura?322255
- How far is Shekhpura from Karauli?42 km by road
- What is the population of Shekhpura?1,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Karauli district (Sapotra sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?63.3% (Census 2011)
