# Shikar Garh Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Shikar Garh

Shikar Garh is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,617 people in 464 households**, the 61st largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 2,617people (2011)
- 464households
- 68.9%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikar Garh

Of every 100 households in Shikar Garh in 2011, 16 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikar Garh · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**43%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****85%**

**85%

Television ****10%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

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 Shikar Garh?

■ Shikar Garh · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**941

Working population ****30.6%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 53.6% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (9%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 93 (12%) · **■** Marginal 398 (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 Pharenda

- Harpur2,797 people
- Pokhar Bhinda2,760 people
- Badihari2,703 people
- Semarahni2,646 people
- Mani Kaura2,610 people
- Keshauli2,561 people
- Barahara Kanhai2,548 people
- Paras Khand2,469 people

[All 233 villages in Pharenda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/pharenda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikar Garh?2,617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikar Garh in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikar Garh?68.9% (Census 2011)