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

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Mehaura

Mehaura is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,347 people in 399 households**, the 85th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 2,347people (2011)
- 399households
- 71.3%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mehaura

Of every 100 households in Mehaura in 2011, 52 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mehaura · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**81%

Tap water ****7%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**93%

Use banking services ****71%**

**82%

Television ****58%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mehaura?

■ Mehaura · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**912

Working population ****41.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 60.4% for women. 43% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 264 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 333 (34%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 57 (6%) · **■** Marginal 313 (32%)

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

- Chaura2,362 people
- Bodari2,349 people
- Mathurapur Urf Kotwa2,349 people
- Udpur2,349 people
- Balirampur2,343 people
- Amiliya2,334 people
- Bari2,302 people
- Satmesara2,289 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mehaura?2,347 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehaura in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mehaura?71.3% (Census 2011)