# Sherpura Village, Kanth, Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanth, Moradabad 

# Sherpura

Sherpura is a village in Kanth sub-district of Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **997 people in 166 households**, the 78th largest of 155 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.9%.

- 997people (2011)
- 166households
- 74.6%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpura

Of every 100 households in Sherpura in 2011, 3 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sherpura · ■ Kanth rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**47%

Tap water ****94%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**85%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****44%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**13%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sherpura?

■ Sherpura · ■ Kanth rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**65.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**913

Working population ****80.1%**

**32.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 61.4% for women. 80% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (11%) · **■** Household industry 182 (23%) · **■** Other work 215 (27%) · **■** Marginal 159 (20%)

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 Kanth

- Ahemadpur Nigo Nagala1,140 people
- Akbarpur Sihali1,066 people
- Faleda Eshapur1,016 people
- Jahangirpur Chak Feri1,016 people
- Kiratpur Urf Kiratpuri991 people
- Karanpur Harikishanpur988 people
- Faindapur978 people
- Kui Urf Zamana Garh970 people

[All 199 villages in Kanth](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/moradabad/kanth/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpura?997 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpura in?Moradabad district (Kanth sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpura?74.6% (Census 2011)