# Shahpur Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Shahpur

Shahpur is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,367 people in 234 households**, the 109th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,367people (2011)
- 234households
- 52.6%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahpur

Of every 100 households in Shahpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shahpur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****75%**

**83%

Television ****8%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

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 Shahpur?

■ Shahpur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**933

Working population ****24.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 38.8% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (7%) · **■** Marginal 239 (71%)

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 Gauriganj

- Asaida Pur1,387 people
- Jagdishpur1,384 people
- Nimi1,382 people
- Aintha1,369 people
- Lorikpur1,353 people
- Tulsi Pur1,341 people
- Chituhala1,338 people
- Angrawan1,332 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahpur?1,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahpur in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahpur?52.6% (Census 2011)