# Sherua Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/sherua/

Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Sherua

Sherua is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,870 people in 305 households**, the 41st largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,870people (2011)
- 305households
- 55.4%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherua

Of every 100 households in Sherua in 2011, 1 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sherua · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**85%

Television ****14%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**14%

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 Sherua?

■ Sherua · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**939

Working population ****34.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.2% for men and 46.0% for women. 43% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 390 (61%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 175 (27%)

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 Marihan

- Raikari1,914 people
- Hardi Mishr1,913 people
- Dhanawal1,878 people
- Khutari1,877 people
- Darhia1,851 people
- Khanhwar Majhari1,794 people
- Leduki1,772 people
- Bishunpur1,764 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherua?1,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherua in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherua?55.4% (Census 2011)