# Sahjour Village, Salempur, Deoria (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Salempur, Deoria 

# Sahjour

Sahjour is a village in Salempur sub-district of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,229 people in 181 households**, the 140th largest of 471 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.9%.

- 1,229people (2011)
- 181households
- 75.9%literacy
- 1,126females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahjour

Of every 100 households in Sahjour in 2011, 38 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sahjour · ■ Salempur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**87%

Use banking services ****92%**

**83%

Television ****25%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**8%

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 Sahjour?

■ Sahjour · ■ Salempur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**72.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1126**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**922

Working population ****19.9%**

**26.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 64.6% for women. 37% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 85 (35%) · **■** Marginal 38 (16%)

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 Salempur

- Karjaha1,262 people
- Belwa Babu1,252 people
- Parsia Tara1,247 people
- Banarhi1,240 people
- Mazuri Khurd1,226 people
- Bahadurpur1,221 people
- Siswa Pandey1,217 people
- Puraina1,204 people

[All 522 villages in Salempur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/deoria/salempur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahjour?1,229 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahjour in?Deoria district (Salempur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahjour?75.9% (Census 2011)