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

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Tigja

Tigja is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,759 people in 253 households**, the 106th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,759people (2011)
- 253households
- 61.6%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tigja

Of every 100 households in Tigja in 2011, 38 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tigja · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****87%**

**73%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tigja?

■ Tigja · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1207**

**912

Working population ****28.4%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 45.3% for women. 44% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 198 (40%) · **■** Household industry 77 (15%) · **■** Other work 66 (13%) · **■** Marginal 158 (32%)

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

- Sikra1,795 people
- Badhiyari Kalan1,773 people
- Hargarh1,760 people
- Chaukatha Narvar Uparhar1,759 people
- Amora1,753 people
- Kanjauli Uparhar1,705 people
- Salaiya Kala1,677 people
- Madaraha1,674 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tigja?1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tigja in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tigja?61.6% (Census 2011)