# Mahapur, Kerakat, Jaunpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Mahapur

Mahapur 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 **380 people in 68 households**, the 347th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 380people (2011)
- 68households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,135females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahapur

Of every 100 households in Mahapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahapur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****71%**

**82%

Television ****28%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**7%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Mahapur?

■ Mahapur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1135**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**912

Working population ****42.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 65.3% for women. 41% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (58%) · **■** Other work 16 (10%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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

- Parsupur403 people
- Chak Bisanw397 people
- Badwa389 people
- Bisapur388 people
- Inruwa372 people
- Pithapur372 people
- Chaksudi361 people
- Kukraundha361 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 Mahapur?380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahapur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahapur?74.8% (Census 2011)