# Shankerpur Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Shankerpur

Shankerpur is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,197 people in 302 households**, the 128th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 2,197people (2011)
- 302households
- 64.6%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankerpur

Of every 100 households in Shankerpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shankerpur · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**85%

Tap water ****20%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**73%

Television ****13%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shankerpur?

■ Shankerpur · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****791**

**889

Working population ****31.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 51.5% for women. 42% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 23 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (18%) · **■** Household industry 27 (4%) · **■** Other work 89 (13%) · **■** Marginal 430 (62%)

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

- Dubaki Kala2,304 people
- Jarahi2,290 people
- Ahiri2,282 people
- Belaha Singha Maun2,278 people
- Sarifpur2,188 people
- Marawa2,183 people
- Ranipur2,166 people
- Nasirpatti2,162 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankerpur?2,197 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankerpur in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankerpur?64.6% (Census 2011)