# Jigini Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Jigini

Jigini is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,316 people in 191 households**, the 103rd largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,316people (2011)
- 191households
- 62.2%literacy
- 1,136females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jigini

Of every 100 households in Jigini in 2011, 34 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jigini · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**81%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Jigini?

■ Jigini · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1136**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**916

Working population ****25.6%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 51.2% for women. 37% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (7%) · **■** Marginal 127 (38%)

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

- Kusmulia1,385 people
- Dewakali1,367 people
- Murarpur1,355 people
- Khajura1,326 people
- Banawen1,297 people
- Kurhapar1,294 people
- Bhuwalpur1,284 people
- Shiv Rajpur1,261 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jigini?1,316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jigini in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jigini?62.2% (Census 2011)