# Maroofpur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Maroofpur

Maroofpur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,225 people in 134 households**, the 210th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,225people (2011)
- 134households
- 80.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maroofpur

Of every 100 households in Maroofpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Maroofpur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**94%

Use banking services ****86%**

**80%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Maroofpur?

■ Maroofpur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**920

Working population ****19.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 75.9% for women. 29% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 96 (40%) · **■** Marginal 98 (41%)

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

- Amanwan Khurd1,243 people
- Chhitam Patti1,240 people
- Malhach1,239 people
- Garothan1,236 people
- Baranji1,210 people
- Sukarana Kalan1,210 people
- Khanpur1,198 people
- Fateh Garh1,197 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maroofpur?1,225 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maroofpur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maroofpur?80.2% (Census 2011)