# Sarai Chandan Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Sarai Chandan

Sarai Chandan is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **460 people in 72 households**, the 397th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 460people (2011)
- 72households
- 63.0%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarai Chandan

Of every 100 households in Sarai Chandan in 2011, 23 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarai Chandan · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****85%**

**84%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Sarai Chandan?

■ Sarai Chandan · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**924

Working population ****47.2%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 51.5% for women. 48% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 142 (65%)

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

- Berra464 people
- Mahamoodpur464 people
- Jagarnathpur463 people
- Mujahana462 people
- Dewariya Ta Ghanghariya459 people
- Chak Mathiya457 people
- Bhikharipur Ta. Bisunpur456 people
- Dharamupur454 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarai Chandan?460 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarai Chandan in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarai Chandan?63.0% (Census 2011)