# Shekhanipur Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/shekhanipur/

Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Shekhanipur

Shekhanipur is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,016 people in 286 households**, the 97th largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 2,016people (2011)
- 286households
- 76.6%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shekhanipur

Of every 100 households in Shekhanipur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shekhanipur · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****93%**

**82%

Television ****43%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shekhanipur?

■ Shekhanipur · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**899

Working population ****32.1%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 64.4% for women. 46% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 423 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 51 (8%) · **■** Marginal 147 (23%)

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 Pindra

- Surahee2,033 people
- Kaithauli2,020 people
- Belwariya2,018 people
- Dasnipur2,016 people
- Hamirapur2,008 people
- Chakka1,984 people
- Fatehpur1,970 people
- Kashipur1,952 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shekhanipur?2,016 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shekhanipur in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shekhanipur?76.6% (Census 2011)