# Sherpur Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **505 people in 68 households**, the 677th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 505people (2011)
- 68households
- 58.5%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****61%**

**91%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**928

Working population ****57.6%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.0% for men and 47.7% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 40 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 250 (86%)

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

- Pure Alaval508 people
- Churiharpur506 people
- Kanikapur505 people
- Kekrahiya505 people
- Thanwarpur505 people
- Ekdengwa503 people
- Maheva502 people
- Mashjidiya502 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?58.5% (Census 2011)