# Shekhpura Village, Behat, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Behat, Saharanpur 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Behat sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,280 people in 589 households**, the 38th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.9%.

- 3,280people (2011)
- 589households
- 54.9%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 49 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Behat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**65%

Tap water ****8%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**54%

Television ****28%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Behat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%**

**63.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**912

Working population ****26.2%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 45.0% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 169 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 511 (59%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 163 (19%) · **■** Marginal 16 (2%)

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

- Sadholi Kadim3,370 people
- Marva3,357 people
- Mohan Range Sodhinagar3,327 people
- Akal Siya3,307 people
- Patharwa3,215 people
- Manjhipur3,185 people
- Madathi Must3,114 people
- Bhojewala3,111 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpura?3,280 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Saharanpur district (Behat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?54.9% (Census 2011)