# Shankerpur Village, Bhanpur, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhanpur, Basti 

# Shankerpur

Shankerpur is a village in Bhanpur sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,995 people in 352 households**, the 34th largest of 419 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,995people (2011)
- 352households
- 61.2%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankerpur

Of every 100 households in Shankerpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shankerpur · ■ Bhanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**89%

Tap water ****25%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**88%

Television ****11%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**7%

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 Shankerpur?

■ Shankerpur · ■ Bhanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**929

Working population ****38.4%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 51.5% for women. 52% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (12%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (12%) · **■** Marginal 447 (58%)

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 Bhanpur

- Jagdeeshpur Urf Naugarh2,031 people
- Baheria2,027 people
- Khamharia2,016 people
- Kothili1,998 people
- Majhaua Khaguri1,966 people
- Patwaria1,925 people
- Chaisar1,924 people
- Jagatpur1,903 people

[All 435 villages in Bhanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/bhanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankerpur?1,995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankerpur in?Basti district (Bhanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankerpur?61.2% (Census 2011)