# Shekhupur Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Azamgarh 

# Shekhupur

Shekhupur is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,049 people in 149 households**, the 199th largest of 517 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,049people (2011)
- 149households
- 70.6%literacy
- 1,085females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhupur

Of every 100 households in Shekhupur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhupur · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**42%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****80%**

**79%

Television ****22%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Shekhupur?

■ Shekhupur · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1085**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**913

Working population ****26.4%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 59.4% for women. 35% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (13%) · **■** Marginal 201 (73%)

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

- Tarak Dih1,054 people
- Akolhi1,052 people
- Achhichhi1,051 people
- Chaki Dih1,049 people
- Tahirpur1,049 people
- Fakhruddinpur1,045 people
- Mahagupur1,040 people
- Nathmalpur Urf Bishambharpur1,037 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhupur?1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhupur in?Azamgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhupur?70.6% (Census 2011)