# Sherpur Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 82 households**, the 319th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 609people (2011)
- 82households
- 73.1%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**31%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****95%**

**77%

Television ****13%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

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

**2%

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

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**911

Working population ****21.2%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 58.1% for women. 39% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 64 (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 Sakaldiha

- Sikraura Kalan626 people
- Sarehuakurd625 people
- Maharthpur623 people
- Rauna618 people
- Mulanapur599 people
- Pawarpur596 people
- Phoolpur Urf Prasadpur596 people
- Rampur Urf Karanpur596 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?73.1% (Census 2011)