# Galpura Village, Shikohabad, Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikohabad, Firozabad 

# Galpura

Galpura is a village in Shikohabad sub-district of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,335 people in 249 households**, the 147th largest of 280 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,335people (2011)
- 249households
- 74.5%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Galpura

Of every 100 households in Galpura in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Galpura · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**27%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**20%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****53%**

**56%

Television ****13%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**11%

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 Galpura?

■ Galpura · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**881

Working population ****25.4%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 61.4% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (37%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (11%) · **■** Marginal 35 (10%)

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 Shikohabad

- Kishanpur Mohammadabad1,400 people
- Daulatpur Karkha1,381 people
- Siar Mau Harganpur1,367 people
- Pariharmau1,347 people
- Nain1,330 people
- Patsui Naglamir1,315 people
- Ahamadpur1,291 people
- Tatarpur1,285 people

[All 285 villages in Shikohabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/firozabad/shikohabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Galpura?1,335 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Galpura in?Firozabad district (Shikohabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Galpura?74.5% (Census 2011)