# Shekhpur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Shekhpur

Shekhpur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,823 people in 262 households**, the 129th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,823people (2011)
- 262households
- 74.8%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpur

Of every 100 households in Shekhpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Shekhpur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**82%

Tap water ****43%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**94%

Use banking services ****67%**

**80%

Television ****40%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Shekhpur?

■ Shekhpur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**920

Working population ****37.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 65.4% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (17%) · **■** Household industry 110 (16%) · **■** Other work 118 (17%) · **■** Marginal 311 (45%)

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

- Basauli1,836 people
- Katghar1,836 people
- Mela1,835 people
- Kohra1,831 people
- Pura Sambhal Shah1,818 people
- Loniya Patti1,796 people
- Oena1,794 people
- Gabhiran1,785 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpur?1,823 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpur?74.8% (Census 2011)