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

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Nishan

Nishan is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,606 people in 357 households**, the 68th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 2,606people (2011)
- 357households
- 58.9%literacy
- 1,107females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nishan

Of every 100 households in Nishan in 2011, 4 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nishan · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****76%**

**82%

Television ****26%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Nishan?

■ Nishan · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1107**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1021**

**912

Working population ****21.0%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.1% for men and 50.8% for women. 38% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (40%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 94 (17%)

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

- Tariyari2,705 people
- Jarasi2,692 people
- Kusumahi2,687 people
- Asbaranpur2,650 people
- Thunhi2,563 people
- Sihauli2,543 people
- Amrauna2,518 people
- Pataura2,513 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nishan?2,606 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nishan in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Nishan?58.9% (Census 2011)