# Barkatpur Village, Shikarpur, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikarpur, Bulandshahr 

# Barkatpur

Barkatpur is a village in Shikarpur sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,620 people in 425 households**, the 43rd largest of 173 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,620people (2011)
- 425households
- 57.1%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barkatpur

Of every 100 households in Barkatpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barkatpur · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**74%

Tap water ****68%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**72%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****38%**

**70%

Television ****14%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barkatpur?

■ Barkatpur · ■ Shikarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**846

Working population ****44.4%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 36.7% for women. 50% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 341 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 247 (21%) · **■** Marginal 521 (45%)

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

- Kuwarpur2,748 people
- Jatpura2,705 people
- Karira2,705 people
- Sahar2,683 people
- Narau2,597 people
- Bhataula2,568 people
- Hauganpur2,564 people
- Sarbhanna2,526 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barkatpur?2,620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barkatpur in?Bulandshahr district (Shikarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barkatpur?57.1% (Census 2011)