# Shekhupura Village, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kairana, Muzaffarnagar 

# Shekhupura

Shekhupura is a village in Kairana sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,703 people in 604 households**, the 33rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.0%.

- 3,703people (2011)
- 604households
- 74.4%literacy
- 753females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhupura

Of every 100 households in Shekhupura in 2011, 40 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shekhupura · ■ Kairana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**55%

Tap water ****10%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****86%**

**59%

Television ****63%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**18%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shekhupura?

■ Shekhupura · ■ Kairana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**62.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****753**

**879

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**877

Working population ****33.5%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 59.2% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 576 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (11%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 304 (24%) · **■** Marginal 201 (16%)

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 Kairana

- Yahiyapur3,876 people
- Patnipratappur3,849 people
- Islampur Ghasauli3,826 people
- Dathera3,775 people
- Gandrav3,696 people
- Gagaur3,637 people
- Khera Kurtan3,614 people
- Mansura3,547 people

[All 175 villages in Kairana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/kairana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhupura?3,703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhupura in?Muzaffarnagar district (Kairana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhupura?74.4% (Census 2011)