# Akbar Shahpur Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Akbar Shahpur

Akbar Shahpur is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,855 people in 232 households**, the 100th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,855people (2011)
- 232households
- 63.7%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akbar Shahpur

Of every 100 households in Akbar Shahpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Akbar Shahpur · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**85%

Tap water ****22%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****92%**

**73%

Television ****34%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Akbar Shahpur?

■ Akbar Shahpur · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**912

Working population ****46.4%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 50.9% for women. 47% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 185 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (5%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 123 (14%) · **■** Marginal 492 (57%)

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 Meja

- Bagaha1,907 people
- Parva Uparhar1,898 people
- Sukulpur1,878 people
- Atari Amiliya1,860 people
- Girdharpur1,809 people
- Sikra1,795 people
- Badhiyari Kalan1,773 people
- Hargarh1,760 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akbar Shahpur?1,855 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akbar Shahpur in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Akbar Shahpur?63.7% (Census 2011)