# Shankarpur Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/shankarpur-178999/

Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **728 people in 99 households**, the 438th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 728people (2011)
- 99households
- 70.8%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****98%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**48%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****90%**

**91%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**928

Working population ****22.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 57.1% for women. 38% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (10%) · **■** Marginal 32 (19%)

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 Harraiya

- Sirsiya734 people
- Kharthua733 people
- Sirisihva731 people
- Gobindpur Lala729 people
- Bejhaura727 people
- Ghurkawa727 people
- Ratasi726 people
- Dhohva Panday724 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?728 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?70.8% (Census 2011)