# Tighara Village, Phulpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Azamgarh 

# Tighara

Tighara is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **669 people in 85 households**, the 338th largest of 498 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 669people (2011)
- 85households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighara

Of every 100 households in Tighara in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Tighara · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****96%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**43%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****83%**

**80%

Television ****30%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tighara?

■ Tighara · ■ Phulpur rural average

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

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**928

Working population ****25.9%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 58.1% for women. 45% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (11%) · **■** Household industry 10 (6%) · **■** Other work 20 (12%) · **■** Marginal 113 (65%)

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

- Jeropur677 people
- Sikandar Patti676 people
- Maldeypur675 people
- Pura Gararia672 people
- Tirhutipur660 people
- Wari656 people
- Buchipur654 people
- Harunpur651 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighara?669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighara in?Azamgarh district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighara?74.6% (Census 2011)