# Karakapur Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Karakapur

Karakapur is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,227 people in 440 households**, the 24th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 3,227people (2011)
- 440households
- 72.7%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karakapur

Of every 100 households in Karakapur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Karakapur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****86%**

**83%

Television ****23%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

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

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karakapur?

■ Karakapur · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**912

Working population ****35.9%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 60.9% for women. 42% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 635 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (10%) · **■** Household industry 41 (4%) · **■** Other work 161 (14%) · **■** Marginal 209 (18%)

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

- Majui3,408 people
- Gadaipur3,386 people
- Moudhia3,300 people
- Dullahpur3,287 people
- Kharabadeeh3,182 people
- Daharmawa Urf Kosa3,175 people
- Padumpur Ramrai3,120 people
- Dawa3,057 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karakapur?3,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karakapur in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karakapur?72.7% (Census 2011)