# Sikandarpur Village, Soraon, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Soraon, Allahabad 

# Sikandarpur

Sikandarpur is a village in Soraon sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,269 people in 356 households**, the 118th largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 2,269people (2011)
- 356households
- 70.8%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikandarpur

Of every 100 households in Sikandarpur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sikandarpur · ■ Soraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**23%

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

**15%

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

**83%

Tap water ****19%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**25%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****87%**

**76%

Television ****10%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

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 Sikandarpur?

■ Sikandarpur · ■ Soraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****835**

**909

Working population ****33.1%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 56.3% for women. 47% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 371 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (7%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 53 (7%) · **■** Marginal 257 (34%)

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 Soraon

- Uthgi2,317 people
- Jamui2,284 people
- Hansrajpur2,276 people
- Umariasari2,272 people
- Jagdishpur Masni2,249 people
- Kamalapur2,239 people
- Pil Khuwa2,239 people
- Kasturipur2,236 people

[All 443 villages in Soraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/soraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikandarpur?2,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikandarpur in?Allahabad district (Soraon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikandarpur?70.8% (Census 2011)