# Shekhpura Village, Nakur, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nakur, Saharanpur 

# Shekhpura

Shekhpura is a village in Nakur sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,319 people in 239 households**, the 168th largest of 334 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,319people (2011)
- 239households
- 75.6%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhpura

Of every 100 households in Shekhpura in 2011, 58 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shekhpura · ■ Nakur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****71%**

**70%

Television ****68%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**11%

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 Shekhpura?

■ Shekhpura · ■ Nakur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**68.1%

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

**885

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**869

Working population ****39.8%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 64.3% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 169 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (6%) · **■** Other work 49 (9%) · **■** Marginal 275 (52%)

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 Nakur

- Sadauli1,347 people
- Nawazpur1,340 people
- Pilkhana1,336 people
- Kalal Hati1,332 people
- Sahaspur Jat1,295 people
- Phandpuri1,291 people
- Saliyar1,285 people
- Bakar Mazra1,283 people

[All 400 villages in Nakur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/nakur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhpura?1,319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhpura in?Saharanpur district (Nakur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhpura?75.6% (Census 2011)