# Shikarpur Village, Budhana, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Budhana, Muzaffarnagar 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Budhana sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,840 people in 784 households**, the 20th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 5,840people (2011)
- 784households
- 69.2%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Budhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**40%

Tap water ****1%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****51%**

**64%

Television ****32%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****7%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Budhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**876

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**856

Working population ****31.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 61.0% for women. 45% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 410 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 377 (20%) · **■** Household industry 38 (2%) · **■** Other work 535 (29%) · **■** Marginal 487 (26%)

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 Budhana

- Kalyanpur7,133 people
- Taharpur Bhabisa7,114 people
- Biral6,932 people
- Husainpur Kala6,800 people
- Alipur Aterana5,777 people
- Sunna5,658 people
- Rajpur Chajpur5,593 people
- Bitaoda5,592 people

[All 119 villages in Budhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/budhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?5,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Muzaffarnagar district (Budhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?69.2% (Census 2011)