# Baranji Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Baranji

Baranji is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,210 people in 201 households**, the 211th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,210people (2011)
- 201households
- 59.5%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baranji

Of every 100 households in Baranji in 2011, 13 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baranji · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****53%**

**80%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Baranji?

■ Baranji · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**920

Working population ****32.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 44.2% for women. 45% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 198 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 116 (29%)

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 Shahganj

- Chhitam Patti1,240 people
- Malhach1,239 people
- Garothan1,236 people
- Maroofpur1,225 people
- Sukarana Kalan1,210 people
- Khanpur1,198 people
- Fateh Garh1,197 people
- Meharanva1,197 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baranji?1,210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baranji in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baranji?59.5% (Census 2011)