# Bigahana Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Bigahana

Bigahana is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,023 people in 145 households**, the 189th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,023people (2011)
- 145households
- 52.8%literacy
- 2,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bigahana

Of every 100 households in Bigahana in 2011, 28 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bigahana · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****96%**

**73%

Television ****31%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bigahana?

■ Bigahana · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.8%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****2045**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1933**

**912

Working population ****30.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 45.6% for women. 42% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 68 (22%) · **■** Marginal 198 (63%)

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 Meja

- Fachkhara1,042 people
- Chaukhata Lachhan1,037 people
- Sirkhiri1,037 people
- Khara1,029 people
- Khaur1,018 people
- Lakhanpur1,007 people
- Kapuri1,006 people
- Masauli993 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bigahana?1,023 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bigahana in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bigahana?52.8% (Census 2011)