# Ajaour Village, Sikanderpur, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikanderpur, Ballia 

# Ajaour

Ajaour is a village in Sikanderpur sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,339 people in 322 households**, the 40th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 2,339people (2011)
- 322households
- 65.9%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ajaour

Of every 100 households in Ajaour in 2011, 3 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ajaour · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****71%**

**78%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ajaour?

■ Ajaour · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**903

Working population ****47.4%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 53.7% for women. 46% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 325 (29%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 126 (11%) · **■** Marginal 556 (50%)

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 Sikanderpur

- Puru Shotim Patti2,628 people
- Baghudi2,566 people
- Bhati2,499 people
- Bhagipur2,398 people
- Eakel2,291 people
- Chandi2,268 people
- Sikiya2,256 people
- Bhuda Dih2,182 people

[All 241 villages in Sikanderpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/sikanderpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ajaour?2,339 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ajaour in?Ballia district (Sikanderpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ajaour?65.9% (Census 2011)