# Sherpur Village, Nakur, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nakur, Saharanpur 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Nakur sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **279 people in 54 households**, the 282nd largest of 334 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 279people (2011)
- 54households
- 74.8%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 2 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 44 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Nakur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**50%

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

**41%

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

**58%

Tap water ****8%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**54%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****83%**

**70%

Television ****62%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****44%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Nakur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**885

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**869

Working population ****19.4%**

**30.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 73.5% for women. 33% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 53 (98%) · **■** Other work 1 (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 Nakur

- Tabra Must.334 people
- Bahlolpur309 people
- Narayanpur300 people
- Ghosipura295 people
- Meghan Mazra272 people
- Nagal Rajput268 people
- Khairpura256 people
- Kalri253 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Saharanpur district (Nakur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?74.8% (Census 2011)