# Parakamal Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Parakamal

Parakamal is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,403 people in 490 households**, the 21st largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 4,403people (2011)
- 490households
- 71.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Parakamal

Of every 100 households in Parakamal in 2011, 22 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Parakamal · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**82%

Tap water ****7%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**94%

Use banking services ****84%**

**80%

Television ****39%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**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 Parakamal?

■ Parakamal · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**920

Working population ****30.0%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 61.8% for women. 43% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 392 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 322 (24%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (3%) · **■** Marginal 551 (42%)

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

- Burhupur4,608 people
- Arand4,550 people
- Deheya4,512 people
- Songar4,445 people
- Takha4,367 people
- Kauriya4,346 people
- Bhaisauli4,230 people
- Khutahan4,219 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Parakamal?4,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Parakamal in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Parakamal?71.6% (Census 2011)