# Kanamau Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Kanamau

Kanamau is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 190 households**, the 205th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 190households
- 68.3%literacy
- 1,069females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanamau

Of every 100 households in Kanamau in 2011, 1 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 45 a two-wheeler and 35 a car.

■ Kanamau · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**45%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****91%**

**80%

Television ****49%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****27%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****45%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****35%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Kanamau?

■ Kanamau · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****868**

**920

Working population ****25.0%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 57.3% for women. 37% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (22%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 82 (26%) · **■** Marginal 92 (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

- Ekadla1,285 people
- Akkhipur1,284 people
- Salempur1,271 people
- Hamzapur1,263 people
- Amanwan Khurd1,243 people
- Chhitam Patti1,240 people
- Malhach1,239 people
- Garothan1,236 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanamau?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanamau in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanamau?68.3% (Census 2011)