# Karikhera Village, Shikohabad, Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikohabad, Firozabad 

# Karikhera

Karikhera is a village in Shikohabad sub-district of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,856 people in 490 households**, the 46th largest of 280 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,856people (2011)
- 490households
- 78.4%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karikhera

Of every 100 households in Karikhera in 2011, 4 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karikhera · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**20%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**56%

Television ****25%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Karikhera?

■ Karikhera · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**881

Working population ****25.7%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 66.8% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 441 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (17%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 127 (17%)

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

- Kheria Mashat3,010 people
- Takha2,994 people
- Kutubpur Sherpur2,964 people
- Rahchati2,858 people
- Ishakpur2,835 people
- Jafrabad2,824 people
- Burhabharatra2,760 people
- Bahadurpur2,680 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karikhera?2,856 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karikhera in?Firozabad district (Shikohabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karikhera?78.4% (Census 2011)