# Tilsara Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Tilsara

Tilsara is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,215 people in 173 households**, the 152nd largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,215people (2011)
- 173households
- 58.7%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilsara

Of every 100 households in Tilsara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tilsara · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**87%

Tap water ****54%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****57%**

**83%

Television ****30%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Tilsara?

■ Tilsara · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**912

Working population ****50.2%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 43.7% for women. 56% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 234 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (3%) · **■** Marginal 229 (38%)

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

- Khetabpur1,256 people
- Khanpur Raghubar Rai1,254 people
- Buranpur1,244 people
- Nadepur1,243 people
- Souphi Pur1,203 people
- Mahar Buzurg1,199 people
- Karamda Pur1,177 people
- Khatir Pur1,165 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilsara?1,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilsara in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tilsara?58.7% (Census 2011)