# Kanuwani Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Kanuwani

Kanuwani is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,107 people in 821 households**, the 13th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 5,107people (2011)
- 821households
- 69.2%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanuwani

Of every 100 households in Kanuwani in 2011, 23 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanuwani · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**82%

Television ****30%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**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 Kanuwani?

■ Kanuwani · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**912

Working population ****37.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 58.1% for women. 46% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 700 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 296 (15%) · **■** Household industry 56 (3%) · **■** Other work 621 (32%) · **■** Marginal 247 (13%)

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

- Newada5,592 people
- Udaichandpur5,317 people
- Pasewan5,284 people
- Mai5,199 people
- Purenw5,054 people
- Biri-Bari4,859 people
- Haripur4,767 people
- Kachwan4,761 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanuwani?5,107 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanuwani in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanuwani?69.2% (Census 2011)