# Baghan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Baghan

Baghan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,483 people in 342 households**, the 44th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,483people (2011)
- 342households
- 73.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baghan

Of every 100 households in Baghan in 2011, 19 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baghan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**13%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****45%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

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

**8%

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 Baghan?

■ Baghan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**912

Working population ****24.1%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 60.9% for women. 33% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (8%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 196 (33%) · **■** Marginal 252 (42%)

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 Jakhania

- Paharpur Khurd2,661 people
- Amabansi2,642 people
- Daulat Nagar2,572 people
- Orarae2,514 people
- Ghhni2,469 people
- Masud Pur2,463 people
- Chhapari2,439 people
- Rampur Jiwan2,434 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baghan?2,483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baghan?73.4% (Census 2011)