# Sherpur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,845 people in 502 households**, the 33rd largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 3,845people (2011)
- 502households
- 69.7%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****13%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**45%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****17%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****809**

**920

Working population ****24.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 57.9% for women. 39% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (3%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 110 (12%) · **■** Marginal 730 (77%)

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

- Rampur4,022 people
- Husenabad3,942 people
- Deeha Asharfabad3,893 people
- Manechha3,853 people
- Shekhpur Sutauli3,647 people
- Murela3,579 people
- Shekhupur Asrafpur3,575 people
- Ranimau3,493 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?3,845 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?69.7% (Census 2011)