# Benupur Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Benupur

Benupur is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,000 people in 282 households**, the 67th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,000people (2011)
- 282households
- 71.2%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Benupur

Of every 100 households in Benupur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Benupur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**84%

Tap water ****24%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****70%**

**81%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Benupur?

■ Benupur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**916

Working population ****46.1%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 62.7% for women. 49% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 246 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (19%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 169 (18%) · **■** Marginal 314 (34%)

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 Mehnagar

- Jamalpur2,071 people
- Rasulpur2,070 people
- Ghurehtha2,054 people
- Ghatiya2,047 people
- Sarai Bhadi1,996 people
- Jamerpur Urf Boorhanpur1,942 people
- Bijyepur1,927 people
- Daulatpur1,905 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Benupur?2,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benupur in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Benupur?71.2% (Census 2011)