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Shekhupur Population - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Shekhupur is a medium size village located in Mehnagar Tehsil of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh with total 259 families residing. The Shekhupur village has population of 1717 of which 771 are males while 946 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 19.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhupur village is 1227 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhupur as per census is 1133, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Shekhupur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhupur village was 60.80 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Shekhupur Male literacy stands at 84.50 % while female literacy rate was 41.85 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Shekhupur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Shekhupur village.

Shekhupur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,717 771 946
Child (0-6) 337 158 179
Schedule Caste 488 204 284
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.80 % 84.50 % 41.85 %
Total Workers 235 161 74
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 184 137 47

Caste Factor

Shekhupur village of Azamgarh has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.42 % of total population in Shekhupur village. The village Shekhupur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhupur village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 21.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.