# Sahijana Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Sahijana

Sahijana is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 201 households**, the 140th largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 201households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahijana

Of every 100 households in Sahijana in 2011, 40 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Sahijana · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****18%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****93%**

**80%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**6%

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 Sahijana?

■ Sahijana · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**928

Working population ****18.9%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 74.6% for women. 31% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 107 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 126 (40%) · **■** Marginal 69 (22%)

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 Phulpur

- Gandi1,711 people
- Bahauddinpur1,700 people
- Shahraja1,699 people
- Birahar Maychak Khajura1,685 people
- Khandaura1,664 people
- Khanpur Chandoo1,647 people
- Phattepur1,644 people
- Adam Mau1,641 people

[All 524 villages in Phulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/phulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahijana?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahijana in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahijana?79.8% (Census 2011)