# Shahmau Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Shahmau

Shahmau is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **823 people in 132 households**, the 290th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 823people (2011)
- 132households
- 66.6%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahmau

Of every 100 households in Shahmau in 2011, 33 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shahmau · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****82%**

**80%

Television ****17%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Shahmau?

■ Shahmau · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****682**

**920

Working population ****41.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 57.2% for women. 44% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (7%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 63 (19%) · **■** Marginal 176 (52%)

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

- Khetapur836 people
- Barauna827 people
- Chiliram825 people
- Sekhawalia823 people
- Kandarapur818 people
- Ashokpur Kalan817 people
- Shahabuddinpur817 people
- Ashokpur Khurd813 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahmau?823 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahmau in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahmau?66.6% (Census 2011)