# Shahpur Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Shahpur

Shahpur is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,403 people in 213 households**, the 247th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,403people (2011)
- 213households
- 66.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahpur

Of every 100 households in Shahpur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shahpur · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****72%**

**73%

Television ****8%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Shahpur?

■ Shahpur · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**889

Working population ****38.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 49.6% for women. 44% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 327 (60%)

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 Handia

- Saryan Yusuf1,438 people
- Maharupur1,431 people
- Gurgoan1,426 people
- Bakhtiyara1,419 people
- Saripur1,400 people
- Januwadih1,398 people
- Ugapur1,388 people
- Sarai Hoosay1,385 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahpur?1,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahpur in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahpur?66.4% (Census 2011)