# Shikarpur Village, Jaunpur, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jaunpur, Jaunpur 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Jaunpur sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,090 people in 312 households**, the 110th largest of 787 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.0%.

- 2,090people (2011)
- 312households
- 69.9%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Jaunpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**79%

Tap water ****37%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**92%

Use banking services ****97%**

**83%

Television ****25%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**20%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Jaunpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**72.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**1007

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**917

Working population ****31.4%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 62.4% for women. 43% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 360 (55%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (3%) · **■** Marginal 236 (36%)

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 Jaunpur

- Belwa Ram Sagar2,127 people
- Dudaura2,119 people
- Karmahin2,112 people
- Mohiuddinpur2,093 people
- Khateerpur Bhainsa2,089 people
- Seethapur2,087 people
- Kersawa2,068 people
- Samopur2,058 people

[All 812 villages in Jaunpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/jaunpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?2,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Jaunpur district (Jaunpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?69.9% (Census 2011)