# Shekhvapur Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Shekhvapur

Shekhvapur is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **914 people in 168 households**, the 270th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 914people (2011)
- 168households
- 59.1%literacy
- 782females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhvapur

Of every 100 households in Shekhvapur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shekhvapur · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**58%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**78%

Television ****14%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Shekhvapur?

■ Shekhvapur · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****782**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**947

Working population ****32.6%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 49.7% for women. 55% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (7%) · **■** Marginal 102 (34%)

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

- Chiraiya940 people
- Pipari Anant Singh932 people
- Nyamat Pur928 people
- Kathora915 people
- Karot899 people
- Baghwaria889 people
- Baherva888 people
- Bhagwanpur884 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhvapur?914 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhvapur in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhvapur?59.1% (Census 2011)