# Salempur Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Salempur

Salempur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,191 people in 172 households**, the 201st largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,191people (2011)
- 172households
- 61.4%literacy
- 1,089females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Salempur

Of every 100 households in Salempur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Salempur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****53%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**82%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Salempur?

■ Salempur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1089**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**912

Working population ****34.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 53.6% for women. 38% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 169 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 177 (43%)

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

- Mahuwari1,203 people
- Umari1,196 people
- Amara1,195 people
- Hanuadih1,195 people
- Hatwa1,186 people
- Itaili1,182 people
- Akhaipur1,176 people
- Balua1,173 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Salempur?1,191 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Salempur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Salempur?61.4% (Census 2011)