# Shekhupur Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Shekhupur

Shekhupur is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,717 people in 259 households**, the 78th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,717people (2011)
- 259households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,227females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhupur

Of every 100 households in Shekhupur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhupur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****27%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**44%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**81%

Television ****20%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1227**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**916

Working population ****13.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 41.9% for women. 21% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (12%) · **■** Marginal 184 (78%)

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 Mehnagar

- Mustafabad1,787 people
- Sarai Vindravan1,784 people
- Khutwa Chak Khutawa1,773 people
- Sultanipur1,764 people
- Serra1,689 people
- Fadoopur1,682 people
- Pakaria Ranipur1,675 people
- Dewaria1,674 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhupur?1,717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhupur in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhupur?60.8% (Census 2011)