# Shanker Garh Village, Koil, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Koil, Aligarh 

# Shanker Garh

Shanker Garh is a village in Koil sub-district of Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,126 people in 178 households**, the 236th largest of 361 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.2%.

- 1,126people (2011)
- 178households
- 71.0%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shanker Garh

Of every 100 households in Shanker Garh in 2011, 9 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shanker Garh · ■ Koil rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**73%

Tap water ****100%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**58%

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

**12%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****73%**

**65%

Television ****11%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shanker Garh?

■ Shanker Garh · ■ Koil rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**68.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**880

Working population ****26.0%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 58.7% for women. 44% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (33%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 153 (52%)

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 Koil

- Khandwar1,152 people
- Karehla Gorwa1,148 people
- Digsi1,135 people
- Gopalpur1,133 people
- Sikharan1,124 people
- Khan Garhi1,123 people
- Loharra Nagla Baron1,110 people
- Darapur1,099 people

[All 371 villages in Koil](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/aligarh/koil/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shanker Garh?1,126 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shanker Garh in?Aligarh district (Koil sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shanker Garh?71.0% (Census 2011)