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

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Shikri

Shikri is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 65 households**, the 820th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 421people (2011)
- 65households
- 50.6%literacy
- 838females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikri

Of every 100 households in Shikri in 2011, 2 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shikri · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****4%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**48%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**91%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Shikri?

■ Shikri · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****838**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****763**

**928

Working population ****48.0%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.3% for men and 38.0% for women. 50% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (62%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 12 (6%)

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

- Sandpur422 people
- Sansarpur422 people
- Ailahava421 people
- Bujhavakpur421 people
- Tekuiya421 people
- Ajai Singh419 people
- Gokulpur419 people
- Musaha419 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikri?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikri in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikri?50.6% (Census 2011)