# Shekha Deeh Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Shekha Deeh

Shekha Deeh is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,665 people in 254 households**, the 90th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,665people (2011)
- 254households
- 67.0%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekha Deeh

Of every 100 households in Shekha Deeh in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shekha Deeh · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****20%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****85%**

**91%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shekha Deeh?

■ Shekha Deeh · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**928

Working population ****29.1%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 55.6% for women. 45% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 148 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 141 (29%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 191 (39%)

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

- Senvarsa1,707 people
- Rampur1,699 people
- Savera Lala1,676 people
- Muili1,669 people
- Nathpur Pandey1,660 people
- Penda1,646 people
- Araji Duhi Dharmupur Mustahkam1,645 people
- Phooldih1,643 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekha Deeh?1,665 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekha Deeh in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekha Deeh?67.0% (Census 2011)