# Taspur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Taspur

Taspur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **819 people in 116 households**, the 307th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 819people (2011)
- 116households
- 70.3%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taspur

Of every 100 households in Taspur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Taspur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****96%**

**84%

Television ****14%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**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 Taspur?

■ Taspur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1196**

**924

Working population ****44.4%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 55.5% for women. 55% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (11%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 274 (75%)

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

- Ahamadpur Kaithauli849 people
- Adhakacha839 people
- Ghuripur834 people
- Nevaraha832 people
- Tarapur815 people
- Sarvemau811 people
- Jagadishpur Ta.Kunwarpur802 people
- Dompur Khas798 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taspur?819 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taspur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Taspur?70.3% (Census 2011)