# Jagdishpur Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Jagdishpur

Jagdishpur is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,457 people in 211 households**, the 87th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,457people (2011)
- 211households
- 72.9%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jagdishpur

Of every 100 households in Jagdishpur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jagdishpur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**78%

Tap water ****21%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**83%

Television ****46%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Jagdishpur?

■ Jagdishpur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**902

Working population ****38.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 60.7% for women. 48% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (7%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 83 (15%) · **■** Marginal 275 (49%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Sehri1,494 people
- Ganauri1,492 people
- Govindpur1,481 people
- Kunda Kodara1,460 people
- Barwal Mafi1,454 people
- Mehrawari Khas1,444 people
- Kuwal Kala1,442 people
- Bhakasa1,421 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jagdishpur?1,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jagdishpur in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jagdishpur?72.9% (Census 2011)