# Bigahiya Village, Soraon, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Soraon, Allahabad 

# Bigahiya

Bigahiya is a village in Soraon sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,228 people in 413 households**, the 123rd largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 2,228people (2011)
- 413households
- 74.6%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bigahiya

Of every 100 households in Bigahiya in 2011, 30 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bigahiya · ■ Soraon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**89%

Use banking services ****90%**

**76%

Television ****25%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**7%

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 Bigahiya?

■ Bigahiya · ■ Soraon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**909

Working population ****35.9%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 60.3% for women. 48% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (2%) · **■** Household industry 36 (4%) · **■** Other work 171 (21%) · **■** Marginal 513 (64%)

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 Soraon

- Jagdishpur Masni2,249 people
- Kamalapur2,239 people
- Pil Khuwa2,239 people
- Kasturipur2,236 people
- Korari2,212 people
- Ratansainpur2,181 people
- Saraidadan Uprhar2,175 people
- Babhanpur Urf Kalyanpur2,146 people

[All 443 villages in Soraon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/soraon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bigahiya?2,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bigahiya in?Allahabad district (Soraon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bigahiya?74.6% (Census 2011)