# Shankar Garhi Village, Mat, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mat, Mathura 

# Shankar Garhi

Shankar Garhi is a village in Mat sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,427 people in 280 households**, the 110th largest of 201 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,427people (2011)
- 280households
- 75.5%literacy
- 822females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankar Garhi

Of every 100 households in Shankar Garhi in 2011, 18 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shankar Garhi · ■ Mat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**16%

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

**45%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****78%**

**69%

Television ****30%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**25%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shankar Garhi?

■ Shankar Garhi · ■ Mat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****822**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**869

Working population ****36.7%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 59.7% for women. 45% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (5%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 118 (23%) · **■** Marginal 224 (43%)

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 Mat

- Sherni1,472 people
- Tehra Mahaban1,446 people
- Saur1,436 people
- Tirwaya1,433 people
- Sakatpur1,406 people
- Sirrela1,402 people
- Thok Sumera1,376 people
- Pabbipur1,373 people

[All 267 villages in Mat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/mat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankar Garhi?1,427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankar Garhi in?Mathura district (Mat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankar Garhi?75.5% (Census 2011)