# Kanuwan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Kanuwan

Kanuwan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,502 people in 240 households**, the 115th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,502people (2011)
- 240households
- 69.4%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanuwan

Of every 100 households in Kanuwan in 2011, 28 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanuwan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**87%

Tap water ****44%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****85%**

**83%

Television ****27%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kanuwan?

■ Kanuwan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**912

Working population ****43.3%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 57.3% for women. 47% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (6%) · **■** Marginal 541 (83%)

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

- Asspur1,507 people
- Sarsauli1,507 people
- Kudila1,504 people
- Sahabpur1,504 people
- Chokari1,483 people
- Dhurehra1,483 people
- Araji Khuthan Urf Parsonia1,477 people
- Chak Fatima Urf Bairak1,470 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanuwan?1,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanuwan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanuwan?69.4% (Census 2011)