# Shekhepur Village, Dhaurahara, Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhaurahara, Kheri 

# Shekhepur

Shekhepur is a village in Dhaurahara sub-district of Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,491 people in 260 households**, the 120th largest of 194 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 48.0%.

- 1,491people (2011)
- 260households
- 60.0%literacy
- 852females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhepur

Of every 100 households in Shekhepur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhepur · ■ Dhaurahara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**89%

Tap water ****80%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****91%**

**75%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shekhepur?

■ Shekhepur · ■ Dhaurahara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**48.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****852**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**950

Working population ****43.0%**

**32.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 44.3% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 297 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (5%) · **■** Marginal 204 (32%)

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 Dhaurahara

- Madwa1,657 people
- Firozabad1,604 people
- Sarya1,519 people
- Nowa Pursani1,496 people
- Shankerpur1,488 people
- Sargara1,470 people
- Bhuda1,434 people
- Harsinghpur1,422 people

[All 210 villages in Dhaurahara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kheri/dhaurahara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhepur?1,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhepur in?Kheri district (Dhaurahara sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhepur?60.0% (Census 2011)