# Tighara Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Tighara

Tighara is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,403 people in 339 households**, the 83rd largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 2,403people (2011)
- 339households
- 73.9%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighara

Of every 100 households in Tighara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Tighara · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Tighara?

■ Tighara · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**920

Working population ****37.9%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 66.3% for women. 47% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (7%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 291 (32%) · **■** Marginal 340 (37%)

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

- Sahwai2,461 people
- Rudhauli2,456 people
- Usrauli2,455 people
- Unchgaon2,438 people
- Godila2,365 people
- Ameraythua2,348 people
- Bharauli2,347 people
- Bhusaundi2,342 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighara?2,403 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighara in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighara?73.9% (Census 2011)