# Baraj Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Baraj

Baraj is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **981 people in 151 households**, the 192nd largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 981people (2011)
- 151households
- 71.9%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraj

Of every 100 households in Baraj in 2011, 2 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baraj · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**83%

Television ****28%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

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 Baraj?

■ Baraj · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**912

Working population ****40.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 61.8% for women. 37% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (47%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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

- Kaithwali1,011 people
- Khojapur999 people
- Chhatma997 people
- Puniksa984 people
- Dilla979 people
- Kishun Pur973 people
- Bankatta970 people
- Sasna970 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraj?981 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraj in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baraj?71.9% (Census 2011)