# Shankar Chak Village, Purwa, Unnao (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Purwa, Unnao 

# Shankar Chak

Shankar Chak is a village in Purwa sub-district of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **329 people in 68 households**, the 240th largest of 258 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 329people (2011)
- 68households
- 40.8%literacy
- 1,096females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shankar Chak

Of every 100 households in Shankar Chak in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shankar Chak · ■ Purwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**28%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**68%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**11%

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 Shankar Chak?

■ Shankar Chak · ■ Purwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.8%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1096**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1364**

**924

Working population ****43.2%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.6% for men and 29.6% for women. 55% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 123 (87%)

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 Purwa

- Kilpur366 people
- Raipur364 people
- Harnam Khera347 people
- Godwa330 people
- Gokul Pur324 people
- Mada Khera322 people
- Tikria320 people
- Atarsai317 people

[All 270 villages in Purwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/unnao/purwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shankar Chak?329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shankar Chak in?Unnao district (Purwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shankar Chak?40.8% (Census 2011)