# Shervan Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Shervan

Shervan is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,653 people in 746 households**, the 9th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 5,653people (2011)
- 746households
- 82.9%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shervan

Of every 100 households in Shervan in 2011, 57 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shervan · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**78%

Tap water ****35%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**94%

Use banking services ****61%**

**78%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shervan?

■ Shervan · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**918

Working population ****26.0%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 77.0% for women. 42% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (5%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 443 (30%) · **■** Marginal 672 (46%)

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 Nizamabad

- Sanjarpur6,540 people
- Mudiyar6,315 people
- Chhaun5,756 people
- Niyauj5,696 people
- Bairadih Urf Gambhirpur5,071 people
- Gothaon5,037 people
- Avak4,708 people
- Mohammadpur4,373 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shervan?5,653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shervan in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shervan?82.9% (Census 2011)