# Maharaura Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Maharaura

Maharaura is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,542 people in 238 households**, the 166th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,542people (2011)
- 238households
- 58.6%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharaura

Of every 100 households in Maharaura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maharaura · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****39%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**45%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****93%**

**80%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Maharaura?

■ Maharaura · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**920

Working population ****32.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 47.8% for women. 43% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 319 (64%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 165 (33%)

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

- Bhagamalpur1,592 people
- Malookpur1,562 people
- Paliya1,550 people
- Usraully1,545 people
- Zagipur1,513 people
- Rasoolpur1,486 people
- Pakhanpur1,476 people
- Dhadhwara Khurd1,465 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharaura?1,542 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharaura in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maharaura?58.6% (Census 2011)