# Shekhpur Garhu Village, Najibabad, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Najibabad, Bijnor 

# Shekhpur Garhu

Shekhpur Garhu is a village in Najibabad sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,499 people in 956 households**, the 12th largest of 402 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 4,499people (2011)
- 956households
- 90.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur Garhu

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur Garhu in 2011, 96 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 93 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 48 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Shekhpur Garhu · ■ Najibabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**45%

Tap water ****32%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****93%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****5%**

**88%

Use banking services ****95%**

**74%

Television ****88%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****48%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**14%

Own their home ****67%**

**97%

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 Shekhpur Garhu?

■ Shekhpur Garhu · ■ Najibabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**882

Working population ****28.7%**

**28.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 85.2% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 53 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,031 (80%) · **■** Marginal 172 (13%)

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 Najibabad

- Mandawali4,845 people
- Alipura4,767 people
- Narainpur Ratan4,733 people
- Samipur4,533 people
- Begampur Shadi4,478 people
- Shadipur4,256 people
- Sabalgarh4,187 people
- Harsuwara Ahatmali4,028 people

[All 520 villages in Najibabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/najibabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur Garhu?4,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur Garhu in?Bijnor district (Najibabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur Garhu?90.7% (Census 2011)