# Shankarpur Village, Bikapur, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bikapur, Faizabad 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Bikapur sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,006 people in 363 households**, the 66th largest of 339 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,006people (2011)
- 363households
- 61.7%literacy
- 1,136females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 94 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Bikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**90%

Tap water ****93%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****69%**

**86%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****94%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Bikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1136**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**919

Working population ****32.3%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 49.5% for women. 45% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 289 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (5%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 313 (48%)

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 Bikapur

- Jaysinghmai2,071 people
- Kanakpur Sagrauli2,068 people
- Mahawan2,039 people
- Mahrai Mommadpur2,028 people
- Haidar Ganj1,998 people
- Tarun1,996 people
- Barehata1,986 people
- Bankat1,969 people

[All 340 villages in Bikapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/bikapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?2,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Faizabad district (Bikapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?61.7% (Census 2011)