# Shamsahbad Village, Dhampur, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhampur, Bijnor 

# Shamsahbad

Shamsahbad is a village in Dhampur sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **880 people in 174 households**, the 327th largest of 658 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 880people (2011)
- 174households
- 67.8%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamsahbad

Of every 100 households in Shamsahbad in 2011, 14 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shamsahbad · ■ Dhampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**47%

Tap water ****10%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**68%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**89%

Use banking services ****83%**

**78%

Television ****45%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Shamsahbad?

■ Shamsahbad · ■ Dhampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1068**

**880

Working population ****56.1%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 53.5% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (10%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 114 (23%) · **■** Marginal 248 (50%)

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 Dhampur

- Mahmoodpur Milak894 people
- Dhakoli891 people
- Kiratpur889 people
- Basera Khem Chand888 people
- Khujista Nagar871 people
- Kazipura869 people
- Shekhpur That869 people
- Dhanupura865 people

[All 889 villages in Dhampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/dhampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamsahbad?880 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamsahbad in?Bijnor district (Dhampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamsahbad?67.8% (Census 2011)