# Shamaspur Village, Behat, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Behat, Saharanpur 

# Shamaspur

Shamaspur is a village in Behat sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,684 people in 298 households**, the 100th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 1,684people (2011)
- 298households
- 57.1%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shamaspur

Of every 100 households in Shamaspur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shamaspur · ■ Behat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

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

**38%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****32%**

**54%

Television ****14%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**17%

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 Shamaspur?

■ Shamaspur · ■ Behat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**912

Working population ****27.7%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 49.2% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (40%) · **■** Household industry 27 (6%) · **■** Other work 134 (29%) · **■** Marginal 65 (14%)

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 Behat

- Naurangpur1,788 people
- Mahmoodpur1,736 people
- Tauli1,721 people
- Bhoolni1,715 people
- Haripur1,681 people
- Pansar1,679 people
- Gadar Heri1,657 people
- Rawashali1,643 people

[All 324 villages in Behat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/behat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shamaspur?1,684 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamaspur in?Saharanpur district (Behat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shamaspur?57.1% (Census 2011)