# Shekhpur Village, Hapur, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Hapur, Ghaziabad 

# Shekhpur

Shekhpur is a village in Hapur sub-district of Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,862 people in 329 households**, the 130th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.7%.

- 1,862people (2011)
- 329households
- 76.9%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shekhpur · ■ Hapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**40%

Tap water ****30%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**82%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**82%

Use banking services ****89%**

**66%

Television ****57%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**25%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**7%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Shekhpur?

■ Shekhpur · ■ Hapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**72.7%

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

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**859

Working population ****28.7%**

**33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 63.9% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 273 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (18%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 92 (17%) · **■** Marginal 48 (9%)

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 Hapur

- Patna1,932 people
- Shyam Nagar1,893 people
- Hajipur1,892 people
- Nandpur1,878 people
- Goshmahiuddinpur Chhatnaura1,852 people
- Pootha Husainpur1,819 people
- Alampur1,814 people
- Daulatpur Dhikari1,780 people

[All 215 villages in Hapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad/hapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur?1,862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur in?Ghaziabad district (Hapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur?76.9% (Census 2011)