# Shekh Dahir Village, Mahasi, Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mahasi, Bahraich 

# Shekh Dahir

Shekh Dahir is a village in Mahasi sub-district of Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **10,711 people in 1,964 households**, the 1st largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.6%.

- 10,711people (2011)
- 1,964households
- 54.7%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekh Dahir

Of every 100 households in Shekh Dahir in 2011, 30 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekh Dahir · ■ Mahasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**92%

Tap water ****10%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**97%

Use banking services ****28%**

**66%

Television ****16%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Shekh Dahir?

■ Shekh Dahir · ■ Mahasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**47.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**949

Working population ****30.6%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 48.4% for women. 50% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 465 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 454 (14%) · **■** Household industry 112 (3%) · **■** Other work 798 (24%) · **■** Marginal 1,450 (44%)

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 Mahasi

- Mahsi8,987 people
- Rehuya Mansur8,981 people
- Raipur8,795 people
- Jot Chandpara8,376 people

[All 235 villages in Mahasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bahraich/mahasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekh Dahir?10,711 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekh Dahir in?Bahraich district (Mahasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekh Dahir?54.7% (Census 2011)