# Anchar Kalan Village, Shikarpur, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikarpur, Bulandshahr 

# Anchar Kalan

Anchar Kalan is a village in Shikarpur sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,364 people in 376 households**, the 55th largest of 173 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,364people (2011)
- 376households
- 79.5%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Anchar Kalan

Of every 100 households in Anchar Kalan in 2011, 17 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Anchar Kalan · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**74%

Tap water ****20%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****89%**

**70%

Television ****41%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Anchar Kalan?

■ Anchar Kalan · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**846

Working population ****29.9%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 69.7% for women. 50% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (13%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 241 (34%) · **■** Marginal 133 (19%)

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 Shikarpur

- Asrauli2,441 people
- Badarkha Sirbas2,426 people
- Tunda Khera2,423 people
- Surjawali2,395 people
- Jakhauta2,351 people
- Hazaratpur2,325 people
- Amarpur2,320 people
- Runsi2,318 people

[All 182 villages in Shikarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/shikarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Anchar Kalan?2,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Anchar Kalan in?Bulandshahr district (Shikarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Anchar Kalan?79.5% (Census 2011)