City in Uttar Pradesh, India
Shivdaspur
Country India State Uttar Pradesh District Varanasi • Total 11,432 • Official Hindi Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST )Vehicle registration UP Website up.gov.in
Shivdaspur is a census town and a red light district in Varanasi in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India . It resides on periphery of Varanasi city, surrounded by Lahartara, Manduadih.
Demographics [ ]
As of the 2001 Census of India ,[1] Shivdaspur had a population of 11,432. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Shivdaspur has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 48%. In World AIDS Day 2020 : आज है वर्ल्ड एड्स डे, इसके शुरुआती लक्षण और बचाव के तरिके , 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Red-light district [ ]
In the 1970s the red-light district in Dalamandi, near the Kashi Vishwanath Temple , was closed and the sex-workers moved to Shivdaspur.[2] The area has declined as the number of customers has fallen, partly because the fear of HIV .[3] There have been calls from locals and politicians for the area to be closed.[4] [5]
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