# Mahapur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/mahapur/

Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Mahapur

Mahapur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **511 people in 83 households**, the 380th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 511people (2011)
- 83households
- 71.2%literacy
- 1,129females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahapur

Of every 100 households in Mahapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****17%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****74%**

**84%

Television ****23%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Mahapur?

■ Mahapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1129**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**924

Working population ****23.7%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 60.1% for women. 42% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (71%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 16 (13%) · **■** Marginal 9 (7%)

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

- Peerpur517 people
- Hisamuddinpur516 people
- Tateehara516 people
- Handawar514 people
- Nakhatpur510 people
- Bahauddinpur504 people
- Mirzapur503 people
- Alaiya497 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahapur?511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahapur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahapur?71.2% (Census 2011)