# Shahraja Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Shahraja

Shahraja is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,699 people in 230 households**, the 138th largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,699people (2011)
- 230households
- 73.3%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahraja

Of every 100 households in Shahraja in 2011, 20 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shahraja · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**43%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****24%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**6%

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 Shahraja?

■ Shahraja · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**928

Working population ****24.2%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 61.3% for women. 39% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 277 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (6%) · **■** Marginal 87 (21%)

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 Phulpur

- Mahuwa1,723 people
- Dubra1,713 people
- Gandi1,711 people
- Bahauddinpur1,700 people
- Birahar Maychak Khajura1,685 people
- Sahijana1,678 people
- Khandaura1,664 people
- Khanpur Chandoo1,647 people

[All 524 villages in Phulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/phulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahraja?1,699 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahraja in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahraja?73.3% (Census 2011)