# Jam Village, Rasra, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rasra, Ballia 

# Jam

Jam is a village in Rasra sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,168 people in 958 households**, the 8th largest of 346 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 6,168people (2011)
- 958households
- 75.7%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jam

Of every 100 households in Jam in 2011, 24 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jam · ■ Rasra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**82%

Tap water ****23%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**53%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****73%**

**80%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**10%

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 Jam?

■ Jam · ■ Rasra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**898

Working population ****33.0%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 65.9% for women. 44% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 349 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (7%) · **■** Household industry 65 (3%) · **■** Other work 419 (21%) · **■** Marginal 1,054 (52%)

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 Rasra

- Malaphar Senpur7,251 people
- Hajouli6,832 people
- Narhi6,714 people
- Kureji6,499 people
- Chitouni6,073 people
- Nagpura5,797 people
- Nagpur5,711 people
- Sarwa5,535 people

[All 400 villages in Rasra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/rasra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jam?6,168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jam in?Ballia district (Rasra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jam?75.7% (Census 2011)