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

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Shikara

Shikara is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **410 people in 82 households**, the 413th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 28.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 410people (2011)
- 82households
- 28.6%literacy
- 814females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikara

Of every 100 households in Shikara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shikara · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**25%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****2%**

**73%

Television ****33%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shikara?

■ Shikara · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****28.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****814**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**902

Working population ****49.8%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 33.9% for men and 22.1% for women. 50% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 196 (96%)

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

- Jogi Bhogi Khurd421 people
- Kamalpur Mu.Jaipatti420 people
- Paigambarpur418 people
- Araji Saraiya Sikandarpur413 people
- Auraiya Nisf403 people
- Majhiyar403 people
- Chandapur400 people
- Mahmoodpur398 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikara?410 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikara in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikara?28.6% (Census 2011)