Village · Saidpur, Ghazipur
# Shakhpur

Shakhpur is a village in Saidpur sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,962 people in 275 households, the 79th largest of 582 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.
- 1,962 people (2011)
- 275 households
- 77.4% literacy
- 922 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakhpur

Of every 100 households in Shakhpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shakhpur · ■ Saidpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 31% 19%
- Toilet within the home 47% 15%
- No toilet (open defecation) 53% 84%
- Tap water 2% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 53% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 8% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 95%
- Use banking services 85% 79%
- Television 32% 29%
- Mobile phone 81% 68%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 16% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 6%
- None of these assets 3% 7%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Shakhpur?

■ Shakhpur · ■ Saidpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.4% 70.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 922 998
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 659 896
- Working population 39.4% 34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 68.5% for women. 44% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 148 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 408 (53%) · ■ Household industry 16 (2%) · ■ Other work 191 (25%) · ■ Marginal 10 (1%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Saidpur
- Katghra 1,994 people
- Khankah Kala 1,993 people
- Makhdum Pur 1,991 people
- Patana 1,964 people
- Soniyapar 1,960 people
- Sirgitha 1,937 people
- Mahmoodpur Pali 1,923 people
- Jeval 1,916 people

All 646 villages in Saidpur

## Other places named Shakhpur
- Shakhpur · Village, Lathi, Amreli · 2,899 people
- Shakhpur · Village, Jaunpur, Jaunpur · 771 people
- Shakhpur · Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur · 445 people
- Shakhpur · Village, Chandauli, Chandauli · 436 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Shakhpur? 1,962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakhpur in? Ghazipur district (Saidpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shakhpur? 77.4% (Census 2011)

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