# Sikanderpur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Sikanderpur

Sikanderpur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,288 people in 554 households**, the 31st largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 3,288people (2011)
- 554households
- 68.5%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikanderpur

Of every 100 households in Sikanderpur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sikanderpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****64%**

**73%

Television ****43%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Sikanderpur?

■ Sikanderpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**902

Working population ****40.5%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 59.3% for women. 54% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (5%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 358 (27%) · **■** Marginal 772 (58%)

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

- Ban Imlia3,596 people
- Kolana3,410 people
- Pirkhir3,313 people
- Dhauha3,299 people
- Bagaha3,270 people
- Rampur Dhabahi3,257 people
- Pasiyahi3,201 people
- Ori3,199 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikanderpur?3,288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikanderpur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikanderpur?68.5% (Census 2011)