# Balakmau Village, Sirathu, Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sirathu, Kaushambi 

# Balakmau

Balakmau is a village in Sirathu sub-district of Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,800 people in 649 households**, the 30th largest of 244 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 3,800people (2011)
- 649households
- 57.6%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balakmau

Of every 100 households in Balakmau in 2011, 2 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balakmau · ■ Sirathu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**12%

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

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****5%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****40%**

**64%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**13%

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 Balakmau?

■ Balakmau · ■ Sirathu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1003**

**928

Working population ****39.0%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 42.6% for women. 49% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 268 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 322 (22%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 140 (9%) · **■** Marginal 735 (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 Sirathu

- Sipah4,219 people
- Bhadawan3,902 people
- Malak Pinzri3,893 people
- Chakchamarupur Daranagar3,801 people
- Alipur Jita Aamad Hatha Gaon3,683 people
- Tikar Deeh3,669 people
- Tengai3,636 people
- Aureni3,627 people

[All 290 villages in Sirathu](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kaushambi/sirathu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balakmau?3,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balakmau in?Kaushambi district (Sirathu sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balakmau?57.6% (Census 2011)