# Paigu Village, Shikohabad, Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/firozabad/shikohabad/paigu/

Village · Shikohabad, Firozabad 

# Paigu

Paigu is a village in Shikohabad sub-district of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,395 people in 1,036 households**, the 9th largest of 280 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 6,395people (2011)
- 1,036households
- 73.8%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paigu

Of every 100 households in Paigu in 2011, 14 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Paigu · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**87%

Tap water ****27%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**20%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**56%

Television ****24%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Paigu?

■ Paigu · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**881

Working population ****33.2%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 62.5% for women. 47% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 938 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (11%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 166 (8%) · **■** Marginal 756 (36%)

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

- Asva7,437 people
- Dhatari7,322 people
- Hariha6,835 people
- Rahatpur6,666 people
- Sarai Bharthra5,684 people
- Bharaul5,659 people
- Azamabad Araon5,541 people
- Naushehra5,250 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paigu?6,395 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paigu in?Firozabad district (Shikohabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Paigu?73.8% (Census 2011)