# Shanichara Village, Ghanghata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ghanghata, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Shanichara

Shanichara is a village in Ghanghata sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,717 people in 266 households**, the 70th largest of 534 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 1,717people (2011)
- 266households
- 75.2%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shanichara

Of every 100 households in Shanichara in 2011, 63 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Shanichara · ■ Ghanghata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**96%

Use banking services ****93%**

**85%

Television ****38%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**14%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Shanichara?

■ Shanichara · ■ Ghanghata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**930

Working population ****32.1%**

**30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 64.5% for women. 50% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (32%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 67 (12%) · **■** Marginal 114 (21%)

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 Ghanghata

- Parariya1,764 people
- Siktaha1,746 people
- Suraina1,732 people
- On Bilaio1,717 people
- Duhia Kala1,710 people
- Hardi1,667 people
- Molnapur1,665 people
- Tejpur1,655 people

[All 579 villages in Ghanghata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/ghanghata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shanichara?1,717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shanichara in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Ghanghata sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shanichara?75.2% (Census 2011)