# Shikhera Village, Mawana, Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mawana, Meerut 

# Shikhera

Shikhera is a village in Mawana sub-district of Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,202 people in 360 households**, the 101st largest of 268 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,202people (2011)
- 360households
- 75.4%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikhera

Of every 100 households in Shikhera in 2011, 40 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shikhera · ■ Mawana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**48%

Tap water ****22%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**87%

Use banking services ****78%**

**74%

Television ****46%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**23%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Shikhera?

■ Shikhera · ■ Mawana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**862

Working population ****34.4%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 60.6% for women. 50% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 355 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (9%) · **■** Household industry 26 (3%) · **■** Other work 240 (32%) · **■** Marginal 70 (9%)

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

- Sakoti2,318 people
- Bhagawanpur2,301 people
- Mubarikpur2,261 people
- Jaisinghpur2,226 people
- Meghrajpur2,190 people
- Gurha2,179 people
- Gesupur Shumali2,165 people
- Tatina2,159 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikhera?2,202 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikhera in?Meerut district (Mawana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikhera?75.4% (Census 2011)