# Shamsherpura Village, Tahrauli, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tahrauli, Jhansi 

# Shamsherpura

Shamsherpura is a village in Tahrauli sub-district of Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,774 people in 331 households**, the 29th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 1,774people (2011)
- 331households
- 71.2%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamsherpura

Of every 100 households in Shamsherpura in 2011, 23 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shamsherpura · ■ Tahrauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**76%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shamsherpura?

■ Shamsherpura · ■ Tahrauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**875

Working population ****52.7%**

**46.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 54.7% for women. 53% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 303 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (15%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 465 (50%)

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 Tahrauli

- Imilia1,907 people
- Semri1,829 people
- Saraul1,821 people
- Barwar1,814 people
- Bhadokhar1,703 people
- Garaha1,694 people
- Ram Pura1,685 people
- Khalar1,683 people

[All 152 villages in Tahrauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jhansi/tahrauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamsherpura?1,774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamsherpura in?Jhansi district (Tahrauli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamsherpura?71.2% (Census 2011)