# Kanchan Pur Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Kanchan Pur

Kanchan Pur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **761 people in 106 households**, the 238th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 761people (2011)
- 106households
- 74.4%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanchan Pur

Of every 100 households in Kanchan Pur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanchan Pur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****24%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**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 Kanchan Pur?

■ Kanchan Pur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**70.1%

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

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**912

Working population ****25.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 59.8% for women. 31% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (48%) · **■** Other work 13 (7%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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

- Jahanpur777 people
- Dadra773 people
- Harghata770 people
- Bahrampur764 people
- Gokalpur758 people
- Pakhanpur750 people
- Para747 people
- Pyarepur747 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanchan Pur?761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanchan Pur in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanchan Pur?74.4% (Census 2011)