# Tikara Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Tikara

Tikara is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,146 people in 414 households**, the 38th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 3,146people (2011)
- 414households
- 74.3%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tikara

Of every 100 households in Tikara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Tikara · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**20%

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

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**85%

Tap water ****15%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**34%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****90%**

**84%

Television ****30%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tikara?

■ Tikara · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****834**

**924

Working population ****34.3%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 59.1% for women. 43% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (6%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 85 (8%) · **■** Marginal 693 (64%)

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

- Rampur Kalan3,247 people
- Itahara3,219 people
- Chauki Khurd3,181 people
- Fattupur Kalan3,161 people
- Sarai Bhogi3,130 people
- Tilakhara Urf Suzanganj3,079 people
- Arowan3,065 people
- Bhainsaha Rampur3,045 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tikara?3,146 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikara in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tikara?74.3% (Census 2011)