# Orasan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Orasan

Orasan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,085 people in 149 households**, the 176th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,085people (2011)
- 149households
- 77.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Orasan

Of every 100 households in Orasan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Orasan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****94%**

**83%

Television ****38%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Orasan?

■ Orasan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**912

Working population ****52.6%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 65.5% for women. 53% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (30%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 110 (19%) · **■** Marginal 227 (40%)

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

- Damodar Pur1,105 people
- Surharpur Haricharan1,104 people
- Vasila1,092 people
- Chak Bakar1,089 people
- Java M. Malikpura1,077 people
- Khuthi1,077 people
- Matuk Pur1,076 people
- Katauli1,069 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Orasan?1,085 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Orasan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Orasan?77.5% (Census 2011)