# Jaigahan Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Jaigahan

Jaigahan is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,368 people in 193 households**, the 189th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,368people (2011)
- 193households
- 78.6%literacy
- 1,066females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jaigahan

Of every 100 households in Jaigahan in 2011, 55 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jaigahan · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**94%

Use banking services ****88%**

**80%

Television ****40%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**6%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jaigahan?

■ Jaigahan · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1066**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**920

Working population ****21.1%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 73.1% for women. 37% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (18%) · **■** Household industry 22 (8%) · **■** Other work 148 (51%) · **■** Marginal 39 (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

- Rudhauli1,393 people
- Godhana1,381 people
- Gorabari1,378 people
- Pura Andhari1,369 people
- Kapsiya1,361 people
- Makhemalepur1,356 people
- Firojpur1,349 people
- Mustafabad1,344 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jaigahan?1,368 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jaigahan in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jaigahan?78.6% (Census 2011)