# Bumkaha Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Bumkaha

Bumkaha is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,394 people in 226 households**, the 184th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,394people (2011)
- 226households
- 66.5%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bumkaha

Of every 100 households in Bumkaha in 2011, 9 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bumkaha · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**20%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****87%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bumkaha?

■ Bumkaha · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**920

Working population ****49.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 53.5% for women. 47% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (11%) · **■** Household industry 158 (23%) · **■** Other work 319 (46%) · **■** Marginal 88 (13%)

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

- Lalapur1,409 people
- Jamaluddinpur1,406 people
- Haiderpur1,405 people
- Sumbulpur1,399 people
- Rudhauli1,393 people
- Godhana1,381 people
- Gorabari1,378 people
- Pura Andhari1,369 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bumkaha?1,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bumkaha in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bumkaha?66.5% (Census 2011)