# Sherpur Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Sherpur

Sherpur is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,739 people in 307 households**, the 135th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,739people (2011)
- 307households
- 80.9%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur

Of every 100 households in Sherpur in 2011, 94 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 49 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Sherpur · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**48%

Tap water ****2%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**86%

Use banking services ****79%**

**64%

Television ****81%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****49%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Sherpur?

■ Sherpur · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**879

Working population ****29.0%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 72.3% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (18%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 253 (50%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Roorkee

- Jhabiran1,835 people
- Tejupur1,796 people
- Manna Khedi1,793 people
- Rasoolpur1,758 people
- Nagla Salaroo1,731 people
- Sohalpur Gada1,672 people
- Bahbalpur Hasuwala1,663 people
- Lakhnauta1,663 people

[All 309 villages in Roorkee](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/hardwar/roorkee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur?1,739 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur?80.9% (Census 2011)