# Shekhwa Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Shekhwa

Shekhwa is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,235 people in 220 households**, the 198th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,235people (2011)
- 220households
- 55.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhwa

Of every 100 households in Shekhwa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhwa · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**72%

Tap water ****21%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**25%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****24%**

**73%

Television ****13%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**17%

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

**2%

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

**8%

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 Shekhwa?

■ Shekhwa · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.2%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**902

Working population ****43.6%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 47.8% for women. 47% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (32%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 74 (14%) · **■** Marginal 203 (38%)

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 Chunar

- Manai1,238 people
- Aebakpur Mohana1,237 people
- Ballipur1,236 people
- Kuwa Kalan1,236 people
- Jagdishpur1,219 people
- Kashipur1,218 people
- Dado1,217 people
- Gharwaspur1,214 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhwa?1,235 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhwa in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhwa?55.2% (Census 2011)