# Shahpur Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Shahpur

Shahpur is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **955 people in 99 households**, the 139th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 955people (2011)
- 99households
- 73.6%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahpur

Of every 100 households in Shahpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shahpur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**78%

Tap water ****81%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**85%

Use banking services ****99%**

**83%

Television ****33%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shahpur?

■ Shahpur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**902

Working population ****36.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 61.0% for women. 46% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (49%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (12%) · **■** Marginal 61 (17%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Titanpar975 people
- Baidauli973 people
- Bhimapar965 people
- Birar965 people
- Nachni948 people
- Amsar941 people
- Kuwawar940 people
- Rautpar Saria934 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahpur?955 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahpur in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahpur?73.6% (Census 2011)