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

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Behara

Behara is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,970 people in 1,130 households**, the 3rd largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 6,970people (2011)
- 1,130households
- 71.5%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Behara

Of every 100 households in Behara in 2011, 28 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Behara · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**81%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**93%

Use banking services ****85%**

**82%

Television ****30%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**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 Behara?

■ Behara · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**912

Working population ****23.8%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 59.5% for women. 36% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 464 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (5%) · **■** Household industry 48 (3%) · **■** Other work 227 (14%) · **■** Marginal 830 (50%)

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

- Marhi8,931 people
- Rehati7,549 people
- Chandwak6,938 people
- Hariharpur6,771 people
- Nahora5,959 people
- Naupur5,817 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Behara?6,970 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behara in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Behara?71.5% (Census 2011)