# Shankarpur Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Azamgarh 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,031 people in 152 households**, the 204th largest of 517 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,031people (2011)
- 152households
- 75.6%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****45%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**42%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****78%**

**79%

Television ****34%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**913

Working population ****37.3%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 66.5% for women. 43% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (78%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 18 (5%) · **■** Marginal 42 (11%)

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 Lalganj

- Tahirpur1,049 people
- Fakhruddinpur1,045 people
- Mahagupur1,040 people
- Nathmalpur Urf Bishambharpur1,037 people
- Mathbaijnath1,029 people
- Chandpur Bachhini1,028 people
- Chaubah1,020 people
- Bhagwanpur1,013 people

[All 559 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?1,031 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Azamgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?75.6% (Census 2011)