# Shekhpura Village, Burhanpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Burhanpur, Azamgarh 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Burhanpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **668 people in 90 households**, the 248th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 668people (2011)
- 90households
- 77.9%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 30 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Burhanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****86%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**85%

Television ****31%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Burhanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**1036

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**920

Working population ****47.5%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 71.0% for women. 57% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (4%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (12%) · **■** Marginal 182 (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 Burhanpur

- Rampur Qazi697 people
- Dariyapur688 people
- Itauri680 people
- Murera674 people
- Khanpur Fateh664 people
- Sekhauna661 people
- Jajurpur658 people
- Duraj Pur656 people

[All 489 villages in Burhanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/burhanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpura?668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Azamgarh district (Burhanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?77.9% (Census 2011)