# Shekhpura Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **420 people in 62 households**, the 406th largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 420people (2011)
- 62households
- 64.2%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**18%

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

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**80%

Television ****30%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****438**

**928

Working population ****14.0%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 53.1% for women. 22% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 53 (90%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1 (2%)

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

- Katherawa467 people
- Rampur Khurd456 people
- Pura Maya Pandey433 people
- Haidari Pur427 people
- Hamaja Pur417 people
- Garawpur415 people
- Mangana414 people
- Sadhanpur411 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpura?420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?64.2% (Census 2011)