# Shamashpur Village, Mawana, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mawana, Meerut 

# Shamashpur

Shamashpur is a village in Mawana sub-district of Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,949 people in 379 households**, the 119th largest of 268 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,949people (2011)
- 379households
- 58.7%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamashpur

Of every 100 households in Shamashpur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shamashpur · ■ Mawana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**87%

Use banking services ****75%**

**74%

Television ****26%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**23%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****29%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shamashpur?

■ Shamashpur · ■ Mawana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**862

Working population ****22.6%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 43.9% for women. 38% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 20 (5%) · **■** Other work 105 (24%) · **■** Marginal 184 (42%)

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 Mawana

- Nawal Surajpur2,060 people
- Pilona2,040 people
- Gazipur1,984 people
- Ikwara1,951 people
- Mandwari1,944 people
- Sona1,929 people
- Sadarpur1,905 people
- Neemka1,868 people

[All 305 villages in Mawana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/meerut/mawana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamashpur?1,949 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamashpur in?Meerut district (Mawana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamashpur?58.7% (Census 2011)