# Shankarpur Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **568 people in 95 households**, the 358th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 568people (2011)
- 95households
- 78.8%literacy
- 1,127females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****43%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****90%**

**80%

Television ****22%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**7%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1127**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**904

Working population ****22.4%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 70.9% for women. 35% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (7%) · **■** Marginal 104 (82%)

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 Khajni

- Sisaee572 people
- Majhili571 people
- Sakhowna570 people
- Guvari569 people
- Bagewah567 people
- Jamin Bishunpura565 people
- Palahipar Harnahiya565 people
- Kathaka555 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?78.8% (Census 2011)