# Shankhmiurwa Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Shankhmiurwa

Shankhmiurwa is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **314 people in 49 households**, the 499th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 314people (2011)
- 49households
- 65.5%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankhmiurwa

Of every 100 households in Shankhmiurwa in 2011, 22 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankhmiurwa · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**23%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**48%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****80%**

**80%

Television ****22%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shankhmiurwa?

■ Shankhmiurwa · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**904

Working population ****19.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 50.8% for women. 37% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (13%) · **■** Marginal 22 (35%)

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

- Math Yadava319 people
- Chormari318 people
- Sahaspar314 people
- Sebara314 people
- Jamin Kaithi313 people
- Paisa313 people
- Bahadurpur Khurd308 people
- Purwa307 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankhmiurwa?314 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankhmiurwa in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankhmiurwa?65.5% (Census 2011)