# Shahamau Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Shahamau

Shahamau is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **654 people in 89 households**, the 324th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 654people (2011)
- 89households
- 70.9%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahamau

Of every 100 households in Shahamau in 2011, 2 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shahamau · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Shahamau?

■ Shahamau · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**920

Working population ****30.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 54.0% for women. 40% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 31 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (26%) · **■** Other work 16 (8%) · **■** Marginal 101 (50%)

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

- Hissamuddinpur697 people
- Asharafpur681 people
- Bhatauli674 people
- Kushiya Bahar655 people
- Bhadayni652 people
- Basti Bandgan651 people
- Mirzapur650 people
- Dakaha648 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahamau?654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahamau in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahamau?70.9% (Census 2011)