# Shanichara Village, Itwa, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Itwa, Siddharthnagar 

# Shanichara

Shanichara is a village in Itwa sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,079 people in 160 households**, the 140th largest of 433 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 1,079people (2011)
- 160households
- 59.6%literacy
- 1,141females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shanichara

Of every 100 households in Shanichara in 2011, 20 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shanichara · ■ Itwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**74%

Television ****23%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**10%

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 Shanichara?

■ Shanichara · ■ Itwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1141**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**935

Working population ****23.3%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 46.4% for women. 41% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (39%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 36 (14%) · **■** Marginal 62 (25%)

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 Itwa

- Virwapur1,110 people
- Gorya1,108 people
- Kalyaniya1,099 people
- Chuhiya Grant1,079 people
- Basti Bargadwa1,077 people
- Amauna1,061 people
- Pharenda1,059 people
- Saurahwa Grant1,049 people

[All 459 villages in Itwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/itwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shanichara?1,079 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shanichara in?Siddharthnagar district (Itwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shanichara?59.6% (Census 2011)