# Shikarpur Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,836 people in 242 households**, the 84th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,836people (2011)
- 242households
- 70.2%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****26%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****26%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**4%

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

**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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**912

Working population ****45.9%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 59.8% for women. 52% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 324 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 95 (11%) · **■** Marginal 414 (49%)

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

- Rajapur1,872 people
- Gaurar Khas1,859 people
- Jamsara1,843 people
- Sadar Jahanpur1,841 people
- Kuthan1,835 people
- Sarai Manikraj1,833 people
- Rasulpur Barhat1,821 people
- Buzurga1,818 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?1,836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?70.2% (Census 2011)