# Minya Chak Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Minya Chak

Minya Chak is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **545 people in 64 households**, the 351st largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 545people (2011)
- 64households
- 74.1%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Minya Chak

Of every 100 households in Minya Chak in 2011, 2 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Minya Chak · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**20%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**80%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**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 Minya Chak?

■ Minya Chak · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**920

Working population ****62.2%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 63.3% for women. 64% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 129 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (4%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 192 (57%)

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

- Gopalpur559 people
- Zalibpur557 people
- Baharipur554 people
- Ramapur553 people
- Loriha543 people
- Upadhyapur542 people
- Chakesar539 people
- Rajdharpur539 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Minya Chak?545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Minya Chak in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Minya Chak?74.1% (Census 2011)