# Shishgarh Village, Nautanwa, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nautanwa, Mahrajganj 

# Shishgarh

Shishgarh is a village in Nautanwa sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,883 people in 585 households**, the 14th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 3,883people (2011)
- 585households
- 62.6%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shishgarh

Of every 100 households in Shishgarh in 2011, 4 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shishgarh · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****4%**

**46%

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

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**79%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shishgarh?

■ Shishgarh · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**939

Working population ****36.6%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 49.4% for women. 46% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,302 (91%)

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 Nautanwa

- Bhagvanpur4,161 people
- Samardhira4,148 people
- Ram Nagar3,945 people
- Khalik Garh3,909 people
- Jungal Gulahariya3,859 people
- Bishkhop3,826 people
- Bhagvanpur3,815 people
- Purandrapur Sonbarsa3,616 people

[All 266 villages in Nautanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nautanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shishgarh?3,883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shishgarh in?Mahrajganj district (Nautanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shishgarh?62.6% (Census 2011)