# Shankarpur Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Shankarpur

Shankarpur is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,006 people in 384 households**, the 130th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 2,006people (2011)
- 384households
- 66.3%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankarpur

Of every 100 households in Shankarpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shankarpur · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**58%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**78%

Television ****32%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**18%

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 Shankarpur?

■ Shankarpur · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**947

Working population ****24.1%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 54.2% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (15%) · **■** Marginal 280 (58%)

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 Biswan

- Purwa Dasapur2,072 people
- Patni2,034 people
- Lasakarpur2,008 people
- Semara Kala2,008 people
- Majlishpur2,003 people
- Pureni1,986 people
- Sisaiya Dariyana1,982 people
- Belha Dariyana1,950 people

[All 347 villages in Biswan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/biswan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankarpur?2,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankarpur in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankarpur?66.3% (Census 2011)