Village · Mariahu, Jaunpur
# Kanawa

Kanawa is a village in Mariahu sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 951 people in 159 households, the 302nd largest of 652 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.
- 951 people (2011)
- 159 households
- 67.3% literacy
- 1,041 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanawa

Of every 100 households in Kanawa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kanawa · ■ Mariahu rural average
- Electricity for lighting 28% 19%
- Toilet within the home 14% 13%
- No toilet (open defecation) 86% 86%
- Tap water 6% 21%
- Drinking water within premises 37% 33%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 94%
- Use banking services 91% 83%
- Television 40% 34%
- Mobile phone 78% 74%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 25% 20%
- Car / jeep / van 6% 3%
- None of these assets 7% 6%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kanawa?

■ Kanawa · ■ Mariahu rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.3% 69.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1041 1065
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1075 922
- Working population 37.7% 34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 54.7% for women. 42% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 108 (30%) · ■ Farm labourers 28 (8%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 31 (9%) · ■ Marginal 188 (52%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Mariahu
- Ambarpur 966 people
- Khanavan 966 people
- Malai 961 people
- Ram Nagar 952 people
- Rampur Nisfi 949 people
- Dharmadaspur 944 people
- Khairuddinpur 944 people
- Ahirauli 935 people

All 682 villages in Mariahu

## Other places named Kanawa
- Kanawa · Village, Dudhi, Sonbhadra · 265 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kanawa? 951 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanawa in? Jaunpur district (Mariahu sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanawa? 67.3% (Census 2011)

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