# Shekhpur Village, Nawabganj, Bara Banki (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nawabganj, Bara Banki 

# Shekhpur

Shekhpur is a village in Nawabganj sub-district of Bara Banki district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,431 people in 266 households**, the 206th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,431people (2011)
- 266households
- 72.3%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shekhpur · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

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

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**88%

Use banking services ****88%**

**78%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**10%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shekhpur?

■ Shekhpur · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****890**

**935

Working population ****30.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 61.1% for women. 48% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 239 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 101 (23%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (12%) · **■** Marginal 40 (9%)

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 Nawabganj

- Para Deepu1,450 people
- Alampur Gayaspur1,439 people
- Beri1,439 people
- Atwa1,434 people
- Mushki Nagar1,427 people
- Amdaha1,419 people
- Vajiuddin Pur1,388 people
- Shah Pur1,386 people

[All 388 villages in Nawabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bara-banki/nawabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur?1,431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur in?Bara Banki district (Nawabganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur?72.3% (Census 2011)