Village · Belthara Road, Ballia
# Shahpur Afga

Shahpur Afga is a village in Belthara Road sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 5,884 people in 818 households, the 6th largest of 268 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.
- 5,884 people (2011)
- 818 households
- 65.3% literacy
- 986 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahpur Afga

Of every 100 households in Shahpur Afga in 2011, 22 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shahpur Afga · ■ Belthara Road rural average
- Electricity for lighting 22% 22%
- Toilet within the home 23% 18%
- No toilet (open defecation) 77% 80%
- Tap water 3% 16%
- Drinking water within premises 49% 66%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 93%
- Use banking services 54% 78%
- Television 21% 22%
- Mobile phone 76% 72%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 11% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 11% 10%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shahpur Afga?

■ Shahpur Afga · ■ Belthara Road rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 65.3% 72.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 986 963
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1012 906
- Working population 30.5% 32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 53.7% for women. 39% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 183 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 163 (9%) · ■ Household industry 29 (2%) · ■ Other work 362 (20%) · ■ Marginal 1,055 (59%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Belthara Road
- Piprouli 8,901 people
- Farsatar 6,848 people
- Kasounder 6,746 people
- Charouan 5,994 people
- Awayan 5,604 people
- Turtipar 5,123 people
- Chainpur Guloura 4,769 people
- Awarai Kala 4,657 people

All 285 villages in Belthara Road

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shahpur Afga? 5,884 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahpur Afga in? Ballia district (Belthara Road sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahpur Afga? 65.3% (Census 2011)

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