# Sarai Shanker Village, Phulpur, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Allahabad 

# Sarai Shanker

Sarai Shanker is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,292 people in 217 households**, the 237th largest of 503 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,292people (2011)
- 217households
- 64.5%literacy
- 1,064females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarai Shanker

Of every 100 households in Sarai Shanker in 2011, 12 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarai Shanker · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**79%

Tap water ****6%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**24%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****88%**

**75%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sarai Shanker?

■ Sarai Shanker · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**904

Working population ****38.0%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 57.0% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (7%) · **■** Household industry 55 (11%) · **■** Other work 160 (33%) · **■** Marginal 154 (31%)

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 Phulpur

- Sudanipur Khurd1,312 people
- Rataura1,306 people
- Gagawr1,304 people
- Barji1,303 people
- Narae1,277 people
- Bhane Mau1,273 people
- Mahuli1,263 people
- Kutubpur1,262 people

[All 560 villages in Phulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/phulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarai Shanker?1,292 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarai Shanker in?Allahabad district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarai Shanker?64.5% (Census 2011)