# Kamasin Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Kamasin

Kamasin is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,597 people in 360 households**, the 63rd largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,597people (2011)
- 360households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kamasin

Of every 100 households in Kamasin in 2011, 6 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kamasin · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****76%**

**84%

Television ****20%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**19%

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

**3%

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

**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 Kamasin?

■ Kamasin · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**924

Working population ****20.9%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 55.1% for women. 38% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (8%) · **■** Marginal 325 (60%)

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

- Amara2,654 people
- Chitawan2,640 people
- Burhansapur2,622 people
- Ram Nagar2,612 people
- Amaien2,545 people
- Balhamau2,532 people
- Sarai Rustam2,481 people
- Amodh2,468 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kamasin?2,597 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kamasin in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kamasin?69.5% (Census 2011)