Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur
# Burnpur

Burnpur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,975 people in 273 households, the 73rd largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.
- 1,975 people (2011)
- 273 households
- 75.1% literacy
- 934 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Burnpur

Of every 100 households in Burnpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Burnpur · ■ Jakhania rural average
- Electricity for lighting 19% 13%
- Toilet within the home 22% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 44% 87%
- Tap water 69% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 69% 34%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 96%
- Use banking services 83% 83%
- Television 28% 27%
- Mobile phone 81% 73%
- Computer with internet 3% 1%
- Two-wheeler 17% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 10% 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).

## What is the population of Burnpur?

■ Burnpur · ■ Jakhania rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.1% 70.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 934 995
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 830 912
- Working population 20.9% 35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 60.3% for women. 36% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 41 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 7 (2%) · ■ Household industry 17 (4%) · ■ Other work 82 (20%) · ■ Marginal 265 (64%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jakhania
- Raipur 2,010 people
- Kaula Jakhania 1,990 people
- Akberpur 1,985 people
- Mustfabad Urf Baragaon 1,981 people
- Tarwa Tappa Sori 1,950 people
- Mohammadpur 1,945 people
- Rewaria 1,928 people
- Chaura 1,925 people

All 576 villages in Jakhania

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Burnpur? 1,975 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Burnpur in? Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Burnpur? 75.1% (Census 2011)

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