# Shankar Pur Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Shankar Pur

Shankar Pur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,259 people in 188 households**, the 147th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,259people (2011)
- 188households
- 67.8%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankar Pur

Of every 100 households in Shankar Pur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankar Pur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****71%**

**83%

Television ****27%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

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

**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 Shankar Pur?

■ Shankar Pur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**912

Working population ****19.2%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 55.0% for women. 36% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 64 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 50 (21%) · **■** Marginal 124 (51%)

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

- Padumpur Magrai1,270 people
- Newada Durga Vijai1,267 people
- Sesukapar1,267 people
- Rehtimali Pur1,261 people
- Khetabpur1,256 people
- Khanpur Raghubar Rai1,254 people
- Buranpur1,244 people
- Nadepur1,243 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankar Pur?1,259 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankar Pur in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankar Pur?67.8% (Census 2011)