# Shekhpur Village, Saidpur, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Saidpur, Ghazipur 

# Shekhpur

Shekhpur is a village in Saidpur sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,181 people in 176 households**, the 161st largest of 582 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,181people (2011)
- 176households
- 66.8%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhpur · ■ Saidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****77%**

**79%

Television ****42%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**6%

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

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shekhpur?

■ Shekhpur · ■ Saidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.8%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**896

Working population ****43.5%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 55.7% for women. 45% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 90 (18%) · **■** Marginal 294 (57%)

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 Saidpur

- Bhikhepur1,213 people
- Kudhalabi1,188 people
- Mahpur1,185 people
- Dahen1,182 people
- Ludipur1,176 people
- Taliyani1,164 people
- Tardih1,159 people
- Bhitari Taraphhatim1,157 people

[All 646 villages in Saidpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/saidpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur?1,181 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur in?Ghazipur district (Saidpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur?66.8% (Census 2011)