# Shakkarpur Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mohammadabad, Ghazipur 

# Shakkarpur

Shakkarpur is a village in Mohammadabad sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,222 people in 563 households**, the 93rd largest of 833 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 2,222people (2011)
- 563households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakkarpur

Of every 100 households in Shakkarpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shakkarpur · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**80%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****67%**

**79%

Television ****27%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Shakkarpur?

■ Shakkarpur · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**928

Working population ****19.7%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 62.9% for women. 36% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 151 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 209 (48%) · **■** Marginal 61 (14%)

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 Mohammadabad

- Mahadewa2,280 people
- Chandany2,268 people
- Kharhara2,243 people
- Shahbazpur2,223 people
- Rajapur Kalan2,180 people
- Sipari2,141 people
- Ranipur2,132 people
- Chaitho Bandh2,127 people

[All 1,134 villages in Mohammadabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/mohammadabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakkarpur?2,222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakkarpur in?Ghazipur district (Mohammadabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shakkarpur?74.6% (Census 2011)