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

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Shemara

Shemara is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,605 people in 293 households**, the 130th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,605people (2011)
- 293households
- 77.0%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shemara

Of every 100 households in Shemara in 2011, 22 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shemara · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**72%

Tap water ****20%**

**3%

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

**25%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****94%**

**73%

Television ****40%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shemara?

■ Shemara · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**902

Working population ****35.7%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 70.3% for women. 48% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (23%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 83 (14%) · **■** Marginal 323 (56%)

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

- Pakari1,679 people
- Kudaran1,674 people
- Hasauli1,628 people
- Gauri1,618 people
- Jafar Khani1,604 people
- Nizamuddinpur1,586 people
- Samaspur1,579 people
- Mahuli1,574 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shemara?1,605 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shemara in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shemara?77.0% (Census 2011)