# Shakhin Buzurg Village, Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat 

# Shakhin Buzurg

Shakhin Buzurg is a village in Sikandra sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,076 people in 190 households**, the 95th largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 1,076people (2011)
- 190households
- 63.0%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shakhin Buzurg

Of every 100 households in Shakhin Buzurg in 2011, 17 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Shakhin Buzurg · ■ Sikandra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**73%

Tap water ****36%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****47%**

**70%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**15%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Shakhin Buzurg?

■ Shakhin Buzurg · ■ Sikandra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**858

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**890

Working population ****29.6%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 49.4% for women. 49% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (36%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 147 (46%) · **■** Marginal 27 (8%)

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 Sikandra

- Jainpur1,107 people
- Palhenapur1,102 people
- Baijamau Bangar1,096 people
- Nasirpur1,082 people
- Dabarapur Sikandra1,060 people
- Madanpur1,032 people
- Firozpur1,014 people
- Madiyapur993 people

[All 211 villages in Sikandra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/sikandra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shakhin Buzurg?1,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shakhin Buzurg in?Kanpur Dehat district (Sikandra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shakhin Buzurg?63.0% (Census 2011)