# Surapur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Surapur

Surapur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,703 people in 409 households**, the 61st largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 2,703people (2011)
- 409households
- 75.7%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surapur

Of every 100 households in Surapur in 2011, 52 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Surapur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**82%

Tap water ****31%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****74%**

**80%

Television ****28%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Surapur?

■ Surapur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**920

Working population ****30.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 66.9% for women. 43% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (20%) · **■** Household industry 62 (8%) · **■** Other work 167 (20%) · **■** Marginal 388 (47%)

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

- Chathai Kalan2,775 people
- Suitha Khurd2,750 people
- Kammarpur2,742 people
- Harahi2,736 people
- Nauli2,699 people
- Dhaurayel2,683 people
- Bara2,671 people
- Asharafpur Usarahata2,664 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surapur?2,703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surapur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Surapur?75.7% (Census 2011)