# Majhgawan Kalan Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Majhgawan Kalan

Majhgawan Kalan is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,561 people in 680 households**, the 22nd largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 4,561people (2011)
- 680households
- 72.7%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhgawan Kalan

Of every 100 households in Majhgawan Kalan in 2011, 31 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Majhgawan Kalan · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****87%**

**82%

Television ****38%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Majhgawan Kalan?

■ Majhgawan Kalan · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**912

Working population ****24.0%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 63.2% for women. 39% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 422 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (10%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 266 (24%) · **■** Marginal 270 (25%)

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

- Kusarna4,712 people
- Bhadeora4,603 people
- Dehari4,601 people
- Sarauni Purab Patti4,589 people
- Bhainsa4,506 people
- Tarawan4,473 people
- Hisampur4,365 people
- Pesara4,360 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhgawan Kalan?4,561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhgawan Kalan in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Majhgawan Kalan?72.7% (Census 2011)