# Shikarpur Village, Saidpur, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Saidpur, Ghazipur 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Saidpur sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,340 people in 191 households**, the 141st largest of 582 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,340people (2011)
- 191households
- 57.3%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Saidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****60%**

**79%

Television ****10%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**6%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

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 · ■ Saidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**896

Working population ****33.9%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 44.0% for women. 43% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 258 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (7%) · **■** Household industry 39 (9%) · **■** Other work 49 (11%) · **■** Marginal 74 (16%)

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

- Doria1,397 people
- Isopur1,381 people
- Gorry1,365 people
- Pacharasi1,361 people
- Aurihar Khurd1,338 people
- Akawas Patti1,320 people
- Vikhaepur1,302 people
- Chitora1,299 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?1,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Ghazipur district (Saidpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?57.3% (Census 2011)