# Kuthan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Kuthan

Kuthan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,835 people in 264 households**, the 85th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,835people (2011)
- 264households
- 67.5%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuthan

Of every 100 households in Kuthan in 2011, 21 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kuthan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**83%

Television ****28%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**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 Kuthan?

■ Kuthan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**912

Working population ****20.6%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 54.7% for women. 38% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 240 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 56 (15%) · **■** Marginal 56 (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

- Gaurar Khas1,859 people
- Jamsara1,843 people
- Sadar Jahanpur1,841 people
- Shikarpur1,836 people
- Sarai Manikraj1,833 people
- Rasulpur Barhat1,821 people
- Buzurga1,818 people
- Endarpur Chhiri1,813 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuthan?1,835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuthan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kuthan?67.5% (Census 2011)