# Jignish Village, Derapur, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Derapur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Jignish

Jignish is a village in Derapur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,239 people in 253 households**, the 79th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 1,239people (2011)
- 253households
- 81.2%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jignish

Of every 100 households in Jignish in 2011, 22 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jignish · ■ Derapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**62%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Jignish?

■ Jignish · ■ Derapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1080**

**903

Working population ****33.9%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 77.7% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 193 (46%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (14%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Derapur

- Rampur Tappewan1,272 people
- Raswal Rawatgaon1,267 people
- Rataniyapur1,254 people
- Kariya Jhala1,246 people
- Khajuri1,227 people
- Ambiyapur1,211 people
- Larpur Paith1,210 people
- Rajpur1,203 people

[All 147 villages in Derapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/derapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jignish?1,239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jignish in?Kanpur Dehat district (Derapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jignish?81.2% (Census 2011)