# Karkaur Village, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tilhar, Shahjahanpur 

# Karkaur

Karkaur is a village in Tilhar sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,326 people in 391 households**, the 43rd largest of 567 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 2,326people (2011)
- 391households
- 46.9%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkaur

Of every 100 households in Karkaur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karkaur · ■ Tilhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**70%

Tap water ****54%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**92%

Use banking services ****54%**

**71%

Television ****27%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Karkaur?

■ Karkaur · ■ Tilhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.9%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**908

Working population ****35.3%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.2% for men and 35.5% for women. 50% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 267 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (7%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 461 (56%)

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 Tilhar

- Miyuna2,424 people
- Ram Pur2,410 people
- Beermpur2,400 people
- Kasrak2,396 people
- Akbarabad Urf Khairpur2,318 people
- Khandsar2,305 people
- Batlaiya Mai Chack2,284 people
- Khera Rath2,270 people

[All 627 villages in Tilhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/tilhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkaur?2,326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkaur in?Shahjahanpur district (Tilhar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karkaur?46.9% (Census 2011)