# Shikarpur Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Shikarpur

Shikarpur is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,620 people in 285 households**, the 141st largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,620people (2011)
- 285households
- 71.5%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shikarpur

Of every 100 households in Shikarpur in 2011, 67 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Shikarpur · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**78%

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

**52%

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

**48%

Tap water ****51%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**86%

Use banking services ****75%**

**64%

Television ****51%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**26%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Shikarpur?

■ Shikarpur · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**879

Working population ****29.9%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 62.3% for women. 47% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 109 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (35%) · **■** Other work 157 (32%) · **■** Marginal 49 (10%)

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

- Sohalpur Gada1,672 people
- Bahbalpur Hasuwala1,663 people
- Lakhnauta1,663 people
- Matlabapur1,630 people
- Bood Pur Chauhan1,600 people
- Basawa Khedi1,593 people
- Mandawar1,562 people
- Sikandarpur Mawal1,556 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shikarpur?1,620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shikarpur in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Shikarpur?71.5% (Census 2011)