# Kherki Village, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shamli, Muzaffarnagar 

# Kherki

Kherki is a village in Shamli sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,456 people in 270 households**, the 99th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,456people (2011)
- 270households
- 72.3%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kherki

Of every 100 households in Kherki in 2011, 1 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kherki · ■ Shamli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**42%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****56%**

**68%

Television ****37%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Kherki?

■ Kherki · ■ Shamli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**874

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****816**

**836

Working population ****34.5%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 59.1% for women. 43% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (25%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 186 (37%) · **■** Marginal 21 (4%)

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 Shamli

- Loharipur1,538 people
- Khiavri1,535 people
- Jasana Urf Mastgarh1,502 people
- Kanjer Heri1,473 people
- Jandheri1,412 people
- Braham Khera1,398 people
- Khanpur Talwa Mazra1,382 people
- Karori1,378 people

[All 135 villages in Shamli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/shamli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kherki?1,456 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherki in?Muzaffarnagar district (Shamli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kherki?72.3% (Census 2011)