# Shamasha Bad Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Shamasha Bad

Shamasha Bad is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,296 people in 356 households**, the 84th largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,296people (2011)
- 356households
- 71.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamasha Bad

Of every 100 households in Shamasha Bad in 2011, 16 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shamasha Bad · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****7%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****67%**

**80%

Television ****15%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Shamasha Bad?

■ Shamasha Bad · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**928

Working population ****30.4%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 57.8% for women. 43% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 255 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (4%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (12%) · **■** Marginal 328 (47%)

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

- Lasara Kalan2,359 people
- Bhatin Para2,337 people
- Saidpur2,333 people
- Sultanpur2,327 people
- Andhipur2,271 people
- Dih Kaithauli2,267 people
- Chhajjo Patti2,252 people
- Sarawan2,248 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamasha Bad?2,296 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamasha Bad in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamasha Bad?71.5% (Census 2011)