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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Bigahani

Bigahani is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,276 people in 185 households**, the 152nd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,276people (2011)
- 185households
- 78.0%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bigahani

Of every 100 households in Bigahani in 2011, 36 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bigahani · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****93%**

**73%

Television ****39%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bigahani?

■ Bigahani · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****736**

**912

Working population ****34.2%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 62.1% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (40%) · **■** Household industry 30 (7%) · **■** Other work 169 (39%) · **■** Marginal 6 (1%)

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

- Son Barsa1,322 people
- Patehara1,315 people
- Dighalo1,306 people
- Gadevara1,303 people
- Uranah1,276 people
- Dharaval1,255 people
- Mudpela1,254 people
- Bhasundar Khurd1,253 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bigahani?1,276 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bigahani in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bigahani?78.0% (Census 2011)