# Bhikharipur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Bhikharipur

Bhikharipur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 57 households**, the 398th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 398people (2011)
- 57households
- 70.0%literacy
- 1,095females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikharipur

Of every 100 households in Bhikharipur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Bhikharipur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**45%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**80%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**6%

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 Bhikharipur?

■ Bhikharipur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1095**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**920

Working population ****32.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 56.8% for women. 38% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (37%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 17 (13%)

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 Shahganj

- Bandanpur417 people
- Sarai Nseeb417 people
- Narwari411 people
- Jagbandan Pur409 people
- Sondhi396 people
- Habibpur395 people
- Bhikhana Pur394 people
- Chakbankatha394 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikharipur?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikharipur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikharipur?70.0% (Census 2011)