# Barpur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Barpur

Barpur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,092 people in 185 households**, the 232nd largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,092people (2011)
- 185households
- 78.4%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barpur

Of every 100 households in Barpur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barpur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**85%

Tap water ****23%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****99%**

**84%

Television ****46%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Barpur?

■ Barpur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**924

Working population ****31.3%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 67.5% for women. 45% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 93 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (49%) · **■** Other work 75 (22%) · **■** Marginal 6 (2%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Uchaura1,097 people
- Birdhaulpur1,096 people
- Karkoli1,096 people
- Belawan1,093 people
- Umapur1,088 people
- Sakara1,084 people
- Madhopur1,082 people
- Bangalipur1,077 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barpur?1,092 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barpur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barpur?78.4% (Census 2011)