# Sherakpur Village, Dhanaura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Dhanaura, Jyotiba Phule Nagar 

# Sherakpur

Sherakpur is a village in Dhanaura sub-district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **809 people in 146 households**, the 146th largest of 288 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 809people (2011)
- 146households
- 79.5%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherakpur

Of every 100 households in Sherakpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 48 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Sherakpur · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**60%

Tap water ****96%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**92%

Use banking services ****99%**

**80%

Television ****54%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****48%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**14%

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 Sherakpur?

■ Sherakpur · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**875

Working population ****30.4%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 67.8% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (36%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Dhanaura

- Musallepur869 people
- Nekpur857 people
- Fakharpur855 people
- Ghansurpur Mafi818 people
- Daranagar Must.807 people
- Tatarpur Gerbi799 people
- Sehalpura794 people
- Inderpur789 people

[All 339 villages in Dhanaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jyotiba-phule-nagar/dhanaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherakpur?809 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherakpur in?Jyotiba Phule Nagar district (Dhanaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherakpur?79.5% (Census 2011)