# Jigana Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Jigana

Jigana is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 225 households**, the 161st largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 225households
- 73.6%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jigana

Of every 100 households in Jigana in 2011, 28 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Jigana · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**77%

Television ****28%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jigana?

■ Jigana · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**911

Working population ****24.9%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 60.0% for women. 42% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (4%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 96 (23%) · **■** Marginal 143 (35%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Kohara1,688 people
- Saharoi1,687 people
- Timilpura1,666 people
- Nasirpur Pattan1,662 people
- Matiyara1,657 people
- Janauli1,620 people
- Baluwa1,617 people
- Nasirpur1,602 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jigana?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jigana in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jigana?73.6% (Census 2011)