# Surtasapur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Surtasapur

Surtasapur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 195 households**, the 151st largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,700people (2011)
- 195households
- 83.8%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surtasapur

Of every 100 households in Surtasapur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Surtasapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**85%

Tap water ****34%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**95%

Use banking services ****91%**

**84%

Television ****49%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Surtasapur?

■ Surtasapur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**924

Working population ****27.4%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 74.7% for women. 43% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 35 (8%) · **■** Other work 195 (42%) · **■** Marginal 110 (24%)

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

- Bankat1,746 people
- Sarawan1,741 people
- Khakhopur1,732 people
- Darunpur1,719 people
- Rasulpur1,699 people
- Karaura1,697 people
- Dhaurahara1,692 people
- Rampur Hargir1,670 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surtasapur?1,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surtasapur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Surtasapur?83.8% (Census 2011)