# Belgahan Village, Mariahu, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mariahu, Jaunpur 

# Belgahan

Belgahan is a village in Mariahu sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,587 people in 232 households**, the 167th largest of 652 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,587people (2011)
- 232households
- 75.2%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belgahan

Of every 100 households in Belgahan in 2011, 4 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belgahan · ■ Mariahu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**86%

Tap water ****16%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**33%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****74%**

**83%

Television ****52%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Belgahan?

■ Belgahan · ■ Mariahu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**1065

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**922

Working population ****21.4%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 61.4% for women. 39% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 87 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (9%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 55 (16%) · **■** Marginal 155 (46%)

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 Mariahu

- Gopalpur1,609 people
- Semuhi1,605 people
- Garopur1,603 people
- Chaturbhuzpur1,591 people
- Thathar1,583 people
- Bujurga1,574 people
- Jamalapur1,569 people
- Nawada1,567 people

[All 682 villages in Mariahu](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/mariahu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belgahan?1,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belgahan in?Jaunpur district (Mariahu sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Belgahan?75.2% (Census 2011)