# Shankarpur Village, Bhinga, Shrawasti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhinga, Shrawasti 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Bhinga sub-district of Shrawasti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,853 people in 543 households**, the 78th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 42.8%.

- 2,853people (2011)
- 543households
- 49.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Bhinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**9%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****17%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**51%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****68%**

**68%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Bhinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.6%**

**42.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**935

Working population ****40.1%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.9% for men and 38.0% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 502 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (6%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 79 (7%) · **■** Marginal 479 (42%)

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 Bhinga

- Mohammadpur Kalan3,072 people
- Kishunpur Chorwabhari3,010 people
- Lakshamanpur Gangapur2,914 people
- Pure Bale2,881 people
- Lakshamanpur Semrahaniya2,814 people
- Bhartha Belbharia2,772 people
- Lalpur Mahri2,722 people
- Jogin Bhariya2,710 people

[All 310 villages in Bhinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shrawasti/bhinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?2,853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Shrawasti district (Bhinga sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?49.6% (Census 2011)