# Shekhupura Village, Sahaswan, Budaun (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahaswan, Budaun 

# Shekhupura

Shekhupura is a village in Sahaswan sub-district of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,223 people in 168 households**, the 99th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 38.0%.

- 1,223people (2011)
- 168households
- 37.8%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhupura

Of every 100 households in Shekhupura in 2011, 2 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shekhupura · ■ Sahaswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**72%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****38%**

**38%

Television ****28%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shekhupura?

■ Shekhupura · ■ Sahaswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.8%**

**38.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**905

Working population ****50.2%**

**31.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.2% for men and 25.3% for women. 53% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (21%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 391 (64%)

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 Sahaswan

- Shukrullahapur1,247 people
- Kerai Sarei1,237 people
- Loharpura1,235 people
- Hasanpur Tappa Vais1,225 people
- Malsai Yusufpur Kham1,208 people
- Jaretha1,167 people
- Dariapur1,160 people
- Shadipur1,158 people

[All 274 villages in Sahaswan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/budaun/sahaswan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhupura?1,223 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhupura in?Budaun district (Sahaswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhupura?37.8% (Census 2011)