# Amara Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Amara

Amara is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,195 people in 192 households**, the 199th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,195people (2011)
- 192households
- 62.3%literacy
- 1,272females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amara

Of every 100 households in Amara in 2011, 74 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amara · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**81%

Tap water ****22%**

**10%

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

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****96%**

**82%

Television ****46%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

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 Amara?

■ Amara · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1272**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**912

Working population ****52.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 49.6% for women. 45% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 251 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 154 (25%) · **■** Marginal 212 (34%)

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 Kerakat

- Brahmanpur1,210 people
- Ghuttha1,203 people
- Mahuwari1,203 people
- Umari1,196 people
- Hanuadih1,195 people
- Salempur1,191 people
- Hatwa1,186 people
- Itaili1,182 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amara?1,195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amara in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amara?62.3% (Census 2011)