# Shivpur Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Shivpur

Shivpur is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,566 people in 232 households**, the 79th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,566people (2011)
- 232households
- 68.6%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shivpur

Of every 100 households in Shivpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shivpur · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**23%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****33%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**80%

Television ****8%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shivpur?

■ Shivpur · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**904

Working population ****43.3%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 53.7% for women. 46% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 108 (16%) · **■** Marginal 503 (74%)

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

- Sooti1,640 people
- Auji1,635 people
- Mahmoodpur1,632 people
- Bhatiyaree1,626 people
- Dadauna1,563 people
- Gorsaira1,560 people
- Dangipar1,557 people
- Ramdih1,540 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shivpur?1,566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shivpur in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shivpur?68.6% (Census 2011)