# Shakhpur Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Shakhpur

Shakhpur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **445 people in 80 households**, the 338th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 445people (2011)
- 80households
- 72.7%literacy
- 1,139females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakhpur

Of every 100 households in Shakhpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 19 a car.

■ Shakhpur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****89%**

**83%

Television ****19%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****19%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Shakhpur?

■ Shakhpur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1139**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1375**

**912

Working population ****31.0%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 64.2% for women. 38% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (8%) · **■** Other work 18 (13%) · **■** Marginal 82 (59%)

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 Jakhania

- Jolhata447 people
- Sarai Kuvra447 people
- Semara447 people
- Araji Mafi Parri445 people
- Pahalwanpur443 people
- Angurpur431 people
- Narayanpur431 people
- Kutubpur422 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakhpur?445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakhpur in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shakhpur?72.7% (Census 2011)