# Sher Jahanpur Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Sher Jahanpur

Sher Jahanpur is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,571 people in 241 households**, the 153rd largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,571people (2011)
- 241households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,155females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sher Jahanpur

Of every 100 households in Sher Jahanpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sher Jahanpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****13%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**43%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****68%**

**80%

Television ****8%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Sher Jahanpur?

■ Sher Jahanpur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1155**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1144**

**928

Working population ****24.7%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 56.2% for women. 42% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (10%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 45 (12%) · **■** Marginal 213 (55%)

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

- Naharpur1,596 people
- Irana Gokulpur1,591 people
- Rajjakpur1,582 people
- Sham Shallipur1,579 people
- Demri Makhdoompur1,560 people
- Nikasipur1,560 people
- Hadawa1,557 people
- Pura Dubey1,543 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sher Jahanpur?1,571 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sher Jahanpur in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sher Jahanpur?67.5% (Census 2011)