# Shamashpur Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Shamashpur

Shamashpur is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **780 people in 115 households**, the 312th largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 780people (2011)
- 115households
- 77.1%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamashpur

Of every 100 households in Shamashpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shamashpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****37%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shamashpur?

■ Shamashpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**928

Working population ****24.9%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 64.6% for women. 44% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (32%) · **■** Household industry 13 (7%) · **■** Other work 29 (15%) · **■** Marginal 47 (24%)

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

- Pura Nooram795 people
- Rampur Kalan792 people
- Makhdoompur789 people
- Bhimal Pur780 people
- Dasanaval776 people
- Rampur Khalis768 people
- Fattepur Sher Ali762 people
- Kadipur759 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamashpur?780 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamashpur in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamashpur?77.1% (Census 2011)