# Nijampur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Nijampur

Nijampur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,612 people in 239 households**, the 159th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,612people (2011)
- 239households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,075females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijampur

Of every 100 households in Nijampur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Nijampur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**82%

Tap water ****26%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****65%**

**80%

Television ****23%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Nijampur?

■ Nijampur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**920

Working population ****34.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 54.2% for women. 49% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Other work 51 (9%) · **■** Marginal 397 (72%)

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

- Dhadhwara Kalan1,629 people
- Chukiya1,624 people
- Dipaipur1,618 people
- Saidgorari1,614 people
- Asaitha Patti Navrang1,610 people
- Ledrahi1,600 people
- Bhagamalpur1,592 people
- Malookpur1,562 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijampur?1,612 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijampur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Nijampur?63.7% (Census 2011)