# Marikpur Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Marikpur

Marikpur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,708 people in 239 households**, the 138th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,708people (2011)
- 239households
- 75.0%literacy
- 1,063females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marikpur

Of every 100 households in Marikpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Marikpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****81%**

**82%

Television ****50%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Marikpur?

■ Marikpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**912

Working population ****13.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 62.4% for women. 19% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (11%) · **■** Household industry 15 (6%) · **■** Other work 39 (16%) · **■** Marginal 150 (63%)

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

- Suratpur1,750 people
- Ramgarh1,743 people
- Jagapur1,741 people
- Makhdumpur1,714 people
- Majhgawan Khurd1,702 people
- Baraichhabir1,690 people
- Balaipur1,685 people
- Bodasar Khurd1,685 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Marikpur?1,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marikpur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Marikpur?75.0% (Census 2011)