# Tauns Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Tauns

Tauns is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,079 people in 385 households**, the 86th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,079people (2011)
- 385households
- 79.6%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tauns

Of every 100 households in Tauns in 2011, 9 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tauns · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**12%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****95%**

**73%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Tauns?

■ Tauns · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**885

Working population ****44.2%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 69.6% for women. 56% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (25%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 97 (11%) · **■** Marginal 459 (50%)

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 Kanpur

- Magrasa2,138 people
- Gambhirpur Kachhar2,108 people
- Rautepur2,103 people
- Ghurwakhera2,080 people
- Purwamir2,073 people
- Harbanspur2,061 people
- Palara2,052 people
- Daheliujagar2,030 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tauns?2,079 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tauns in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tauns?79.6% (Census 2011)