# Shekhupur Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Shekhupur

Shekhupur is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,482 people in 273 households**, the 116th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,482people (2011)
- 273households
- 47.8%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhupur

Of every 100 households in Shekhupur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhupur · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**69%

Tap water ****57%**

**30%

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

**68%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****82%**

**77%

Television ****3%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**14%

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 Shekhupur?

■ Shekhupur · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**916

Working population ****34.0%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 36.5% for women. 44% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 142 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (32%) · **■** Other work 168 (33%) · **■** Marginal 31 (6%)

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 Powayan

- Jarmanau1,505 people
- Pasia Khera1,501 people
- Dhara1,491 people
- Chandari1,490 people
- Akhtyarpur Dhaukal1,476 people
- Ghat Bojh1,476 people
- Natthapur1,467 people
- Mahua Pathak1,464 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhupur?1,482 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhupur in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhupur?47.8% (Census 2011)