# Buzurga Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Buzurga

Buzurga is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,818 people in 263 households**, the 88th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,818people (2011)
- 263households
- 58.7%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buzurga

Of every 100 households in Buzurga in 2011, 11 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Buzurga · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**13%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

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

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**83%

Television ****14%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Buzurga?

■ Buzurga · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**912

Working population ****30.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 47.2% for women. 40% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (29%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (11%) · **■** Marginal 80 (14%)

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

- Shikarpur1,836 people
- Kuthan1,835 people
- Sarai Manikraj1,833 people
- Rasulpur Barhat1,821 people
- Endarpur Chhiri1,813 people
- Ghatora1,793 people
- Bharath Pur1,782 people
- Hardashpur Kala1,775 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buzurga?1,818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buzurga in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Buzurga?58.7% (Census 2011)