# Shamashpur Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Shamashpur

Shamashpur is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,796 people in 474 households**, the 44th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 2,796people (2011)
- 474households
- 49.3%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamashpur

Of every 100 households in Shamashpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shamashpur · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**52%

Tap water ****42%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****63%**

**70%

Television ****7%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shamashpur?

■ Shamashpur · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**917

Working population ****31.4%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 35.1% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (10%) · **■** Household industry 41 (5%) · **■** Other work 106 (12%) · **■** Marginal 523 (59%)

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 Meerganj

- Mohammadganj Mustakil2,888 people
- Turasapatti2,883 people
- Paraura2,849 people
- Dharmpura2,796 people
- Dhaneta2,734 people
- Gularia2,672 people
- Firozpur Mustkil2,650 people
- Bafari Buzurg2,577 people

[All 244 villages in Meerganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamashpur?2,796 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamashpur in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamashpur?49.3% (Census 2011)