# Shikarpur Village, Nichlaul, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nichlaul, Mahrajganj 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Nichlaul sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,355 people in 258 households**, the 147th largest of 282 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 1,355people (2011)
- 258households
- 41.7%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****99%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**52%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**84%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**10%

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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.7%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**921

Working population ****51.7%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.1% for men and 28.9% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 335 (48%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (0%) · **■** Marginal 347 (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 Nichlaul

- Laxmipur Kart1,399 people
- Gurli1,392 people
- Horlapur1,387 people
- Deurwa1,381 people
- Ghornar1,347 people
- Burhadih Khurd1,334 people
- Nipania1,333 people
- Bharwlia1,326 people

[All 314 villages in Nichlaul](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nichlaul/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?1,355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Mahrajganj district (Nichlaul sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?41.7% (Census 2011)