# Balua, Kerakat, Jaunpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Balua

Balua is a village in [Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/) sub-district of [Jaunpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/) district, [Uttar Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/). The 2011 Census counted **1,173 people in 187 households**, the 205th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,173people (2011)
- 187households
- 73.0%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balua

Of every 100 households in Balua in 2011, 34 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balua · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**82%

Television ****31%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

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 Balua?

■ Balua · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**912

Working population ****38.8%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 59.1% for women. 42% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 104 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 43 (9%) · **■** Marginal 299 (66%)

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

- Salempur1,191 people
- Hatwa1,186 people
- Itaili1,182 people
- Akhaipur1,176 people
- Sidhauni1,170 people
- Narkata Phonk1,163 people
- Pauni1,159 people
- Bagerwan1,153 people

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

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## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balua?1,173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balua in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balua?73.0% (Census 2011)