# Jigna Village, Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat 

# Jigna

Jigna is a village in Sikandra sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,859 people in 310 households**, the 46th largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 1,859people (2011)
- 310households
- 72.0%literacy
- 826females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jigna

Of every 100 households in Jigna in 2011, 1 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jigna · ■ Sikandra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**73%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****83%**

**70%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Jigna?

■ Jigna · ■ Sikandra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****826**

**858

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****720**

**890

Working population ****30.4%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 61.4% for women. 49% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 121 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (15%) · **■** Other work 107 (19%) · **■** Marginal 254 (45%)

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 Sikandra

- Ramau1,973 people
- Manpur1,913 people
- Agawasi1,881 people
- Nandana1,881 people
- Jamaura1,858 people
- Jallapur Sikandara1,807 people
- Reewan1,742 people
- Amauli Kurmiyan1,721 people

[All 211 villages in Sikandra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/sikandra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jigna?1,859 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jigna in?Kanpur Dehat district (Sikandra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jigna?72.0% (Census 2011)