# Batanhit Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Batanhit

Batanhit is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,464 people in 357 households**, the 68th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,464people (2011)
- 357households
- 72.1%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Batanhit

Of every 100 households in Batanhit in 2011, 65 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Batanhit · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**85%

Tap water ****30%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**95%

Use banking services ****96%**

**84%

Television ****59%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Batanhit?

■ Batanhit · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**924

Working population ****46.0%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 58.6% for women. 53% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 533 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (17%) · **■** Household industry 68 (6%) · **■** Other work 245 (22%) · **■** Marginal 99 (9%)

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

- Amaien2,545 people
- Balhamau2,532 people
- Sarai Rustam2,481 people
- Amodh2,468 people
- Kauraha2,443 people
- Asawan2,442 people
- Wari2,442 people
- Vankat2,430 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Batanhit?2,464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Batanhit in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Batanhit?72.1% (Census 2011)