# Brindaban Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Brindaban

Brindaban is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,976 people in 491 households**, the 29th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,976people (2011)
- 491households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Brindaban

Of every 100 households in Brindaban in 2011, 14 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Brindaban · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**13%

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

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****7%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**83%

Television ****13%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Brindaban?

■ Brindaban · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**912

Working population ****34.4%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 58.9% for women. 39% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 301 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (4%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 177 (17%) · **■** Marginal 482 (47%)

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

- Kharabadeeh3,182 people
- Daharmawa Urf Kosa3,175 people
- Padumpur Ramrai3,120 people
- Dawa3,057 people
- Nasirpur2,959 people
- Sardarpur2,905 people
- Jafar Pur2,871 people
- Bezhari2,863 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Brindaban?2,976 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Brindaban in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Brindaban?70.9% (Census 2011)