# Mahar Buzurg Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Mahar Buzurg

Mahar Buzurg is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,199 people in 168 households**, the 154th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,199people (2011)
- 168households
- 68.6%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahar Buzurg

Of every 100 households in Mahar Buzurg in 2011, 17 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Mahar Buzurg · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****93%**

**83%

Television ****8%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Mahar Buzurg?

■ Mahar Buzurg · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**912

Working population ****34.6%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 57.4% for women. 34% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 284 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 31 (7%) · **■** Marginal 77 (19%)

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

- Buranpur1,244 people
- Nadepur1,243 people
- Tilsara1,215 people
- Souphi Pur1,203 people
- Karamda Pur1,177 people
- Khatir Pur1,165 people
- Tesra1,165 people
- Barodih Mubarakpur1,162 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahar Buzurg?1,199 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahar Buzurg in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahar Buzurg?68.6% (Census 2011)