# Kesrua Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Kesrua

Kesrua is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,289 people in 180 households**, the 140th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,289people (2011)
- 180households
- 75.3%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kesrua

Of every 100 households in Kesrua in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kesrua · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****70%**

**83%

Television ****30%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Kesrua?

■ Kesrua · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**912

Working population ****42.2%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 63.0% for women. 46% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 322 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (14%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (10%) · **■** Marginal 82 (15%)

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

- Chak Daud1,335 people
- Kundasipur1,326 people
- Husanpur1,314 people
- Bhadaura1,307 people
- Chak Maluk1,280 people
- Khudabax Pur1,275 people
- Padumpur Magrai1,270 people
- Newada Durga Vijai1,267 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kesrua?1,289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesrua in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kesrua?75.3% (Census 2011)