# Higanpur Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Higanpur

Higanpur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **561 people in 80 households**, the 300th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 561people (2011)
- 80households
- 59.1%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Higanpur

Of every 100 households in Higanpur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Higanpur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****30%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Higanpur?

■ Higanpur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**70.1%

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

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****577**

**912

Working population ****58.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 48.2% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (5%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 47 (14%) · **■** Marginal 242 (74%)

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

- Bhabhora569 people
- Khnoora569 people
- Kasimpur Urfa Suchchipur566 people
- Padumpur566 people
- Damodar Pur558 people
- Gauranam Sadkalpur558 people
- Madhotanda558 people
- Bahera552 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Higanpur?561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Higanpur in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Higanpur?59.1% (Census 2011)