# Bijgawan Village, Shahabad, Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahabad, Hardoi 

# Bijgawan

Bijgawan is a village in Shahabad sub-district of Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,540 people in 467 households**, the 73rd largest of 418 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 2,540people (2011)
- 467households
- 62.5%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bijgawan

Of every 100 households in Bijgawan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bijgawan · ■ Shahabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****65%**

**72%

Television ****17%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

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 Bijgawan?

■ Bijgawan · ■ Shahabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**866

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**905

Working population ****30.6%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 48.9% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 384 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (23%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (10%) · **■** Marginal 127 (16%)

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 Shahabad

- Jhothupur2,626 people
- Tavakkalpur2,623 people
- Mangiawan2,599 people
- Bhadevna2,590 people
- Baruara2,489 people
- Narhai2,462 people
- Sahijana2,390 people
- Shahpur Saida2,388 people

[All 457 villages in Shahabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hardoi/shahabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bijgawan?2,540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijgawan in?Hardoi district (Shahabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bijgawan?62.5% (Census 2011)