# Shekhpur Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Shekhpur

Shekhpur is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **122 people in 20 households**, the 575th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 122people (2011)
- 20households
- 78.9%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhpur · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****5%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****68%**

**73%

Television ****5%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****79%**

**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 Shekhpur?

■ Shekhpur · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**889

Working population ****41.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 68.2% for women. 42% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (8%) · **■** Other work 15 (30%) · **■** Marginal 20 (40%)

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

- Hasanpur Kasaudhan146 people
- Naga144 people
- Khairuddinpur142 people
- Dubepur127 people
- Chak Lal Man119 people
- Hardaspur116 people
- Majhayar Wari116 people
- Chak Gahari115 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur?122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur?78.9% (Census 2011)