# Sherpur Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mohammadabad, Ghazipur 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Mohammadabad sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **25,795 people in 4,053 households**, the 1st largest of 833 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 25,795people (2011)
- 4,053households
- 67.1%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**80%

Tap water ****8%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**79%

Television ****19%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**928

Working population ****36.7%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 56.7% for women. 47% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,563 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 2,256 (24%) · **■** Household industry 264 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,253 (13%) · **■** Marginal 4,123 (44%)

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

- Karimuddinpur10,161 people
- Mahender9,182 people
- Birpur8,560 people
- Tajpur7,658 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?25,795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Ghazipur district (Mohammadabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?67.1% (Census 2011)