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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Bijaura

Bijaura is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,556 people in 347 households**, the 58th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,556people (2011)
- 347households
- 56.4%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijaura

Of every 100 households in Bijaura in 2011, 26 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bijaura · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**22%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**73%

Television ****20%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**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 Bijaura?

■ Bijaura · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1124**

**912

Working population ****35.1%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 41.1% for women. 43% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (11%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 218 (24%) · **■** Marginal 370 (41%)

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

- Vedpur Uparhar2,618 people
- Akhari Shahpur2,607 people
- Barsaita2,598 people
- Chilbila2,562 people
- Badhava2,531 people
- Hardihan2,516 people
- Salaiya Khurd2,511 people
- Misirpur2,480 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijaura?2,556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijaura in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bijaura?56.4% (Census 2011)