# Shekhpur Village, Nawabganj, Bara Banki (Uttar Pradesh) (2)

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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 **1,037 people in 240 households**, the 265th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,037people (2011)
- 240households
- 49.9%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhpur · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**83%

Tap water ****4%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**88%

Use banking services ****76%**

**78%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**10%

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 Shekhpur?

■ Shekhpur · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****858**

**935

Working population ****54.4%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.0% for men and 40.5% for women. 54% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 89 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (36%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 266 (47%)

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

- Deshi Mustafabad1,044 people
- Mubarak Pur1,041 people
- Isrehna1,039 people
- Mohammad Pur1,039 people
- Bikar1,029 people
- Dharsania1,026 people
- Rai Pur1,021 people
- Narauli1,020 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur?1,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur in?Bara Banki district (Nawabganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur?49.9% (Census 2011)