# Shakurpur Village, Modinagar, Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Modinagar, Ghaziabad 

# Shakurpur

Shakurpur is a village in Modinagar sub-district of Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,986 people in 334 households**, the 57th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,986people (2011)
- 334households
- 79.5%literacy
- 824females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakurpur

Of every 100 households in Shakurpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shakurpur · ■ Modinagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**41%

Tap water ****28%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**78%

Use banking services ****66%**

**72%

Television ****68%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**28%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shakurpur?

■ Shakurpur · ■ Modinagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****824**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**843

Working population ****53.7%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 68.0% for women. 63% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 309 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 309 (29%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 219 (21%) · **■** Marginal 214 (20%)

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 Modinagar

- Shahjahanpur2,102 people
- Yusufpur Naglabair2,083 people
- Machhri2,052 people
- Patti2,048 people
- Kunhaida1,981 people
- Bhatjan1,920 people
- Moradabad1,885 people
- Yakutpur Mavi1,884 people

[All 118 villages in Modinagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad/modinagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakurpur?1,986 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakurpur in?Ghaziabad district (Modinagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shakurpur?79.5% (Census 2011)