# Sherpur Khelmau Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Sherpur Khelmau

Sherpur Khelmau is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **4,419 people in 765 households**, the 37th largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 4,419people (2011)
- 765households
- 72.8%literacy
- 802females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sherpur Khelmau

Of every 100 households in Sherpur Khelmau in 2011, 90 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sherpur Khelmau · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**48%

Tap water ****28%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**86%

Use banking services ****80%**

**64%

Television ****66%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Khelmau?

■ Sherpur Khelmau · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****802**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**879

Working population ****37.0%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 62.3% for women. 57% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 642 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (11%) · **■** Household industry 106 (6%) · **■** Other work 328 (20%) · **■** Marginal 386 (24%)

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

- Behedeki Saidabad4,790 people
- Rahmatpur4,656 people
- Daulatpur/Urf Budhwa Shaheed4,526 people
- Madhopur Hazaratpur4,497 people
- Khata Kheri4,354 people
- Mazahidpur Satiwala Mazbata4,327 people
- Jalalpur Dada4,302 people
- Manak Mazara4,273 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sherpur Khelmau?4,419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sherpur Khelmau in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sherpur Khelmau?72.8% (Census 2011)