# Firozshah Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Firozshah

Firozshah is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,570 people in 209 households**, the 106th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,570people (2011)
- 209households
- 76.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Firozshah

Of every 100 households in Firozshah in 2011, 16 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Firozshah · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****73%**

**83%

Television ****29%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Firozshah?

■ Firozshah · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****638**

**912

Working population ****44.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 65.8% for women. 47% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (27%) · **■** Household industry 30 (4%) · **■** Other work 163 (23%) · **■** Marginal 209 (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

- Mirpur1,608 people
- Kasba Dayal Pura1,607 people
- Belhara1,594 people
- Kothiya1,593 people
- Jalalpur Dhani1,552 people
- Baghai1,548 people
- Sadat1,530 people
- Jabrapar1,517 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Firozshah?1,570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Firozshah in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Firozshah?76.5% (Census 2011)