# Bhurkura Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Bhurkura

Bhurkura is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,759 people in 659 households**, the 8th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 4,759people (2011)
- 659households
- 74.3%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkura

Of every 100 households in Bhurkura in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Bhurkura · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**87%

Tap water ****20%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****86%**

**83%

Television ****29%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**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 Bhurkura?

■ Bhurkura · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**912

Working population ****28.9%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 63.1% for women. 38% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 376 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 258 (19%) · **■** Household industry 65 (5%) · **■** Other work 267 (19%) · **■** Marginal 410 (30%)

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

- Dharmagat Pur5,330 people
- Jakhania Gobind5,007 people
- Usuf Pur4,996 people
- Sarauli Urf Pahetiya4,785 people
- Gauspur4,541 people
- Arje Kasba Swad4,490 people
- Sarai Gokul4,358 people
- Katya4,193 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurkura?4,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkura in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkura?74.3% (Census 2011)