# Sherpur Village, Bikapur, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bikapur, Faizabad 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Bikapur sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 129 households**, the 190th largest of 339 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 799people (2011)
- 129households
- 78.9%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Bikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**90%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****91%**

**86%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**6%

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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Bikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****679**

**919

Working population ****26.2%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 66.2% for women. 45% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (40%) · **■** Marginal 13 (6%)

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

- Nathanpur813 people
- Newna Paschim813 people
- Nadauna811 people
- Naharpur800 people
- Dehariyawan792 people
- Karanpur Mu.Garibshapur791 people
- Purshottampur783 people
- Ramdaspur Manjharauli782 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Faizabad district (Bikapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?78.9% (Census 2011)