Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh
# Shespur

Shespur is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 916 people in 132 households, the 213th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.
- 916 people (2011)
- 132 households
- 72.3% literacy
- 978 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shespur

Of every 100 households in Shespur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shespur · ■ Nizamabad rural average
- Electricity for lighting 35% 26%
- Toilet within the home 15% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 85% 78%
- Tap water 0% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 62% 52%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 10% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 94%
- Use banking services 82% 78%
- Television 23% 19%
- Mobile phone 82% 74%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 26% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 5% 3%
- None of these assets 5% 6%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shespur?

■ Shespur · ■ Nizamabad rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.3% 72.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 978 1037
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 934 918
- Working population 35.7% 29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 62.6% for women. 49% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 161 (49%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (2%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 57 (17%) · ■ Marginal 100 (31%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Nizamabad
- Nasirpur Khalsa 962 people
- Tekmalpur 944 people
- Nardah Chak Nardah 929 people
- Budhan Patti 921 people
- Bakiya Lachhi Rampur 912 people
- Jahniyapur 911 people
- Sikhula 905 people
- Bhairopur Kala 900 people

All 563 villages in Nizamabad

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shespur? 916 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shespur in? Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shespur? 72.3% (Census 2011)

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