# Payagpur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Payagpur

Payagpur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **823 people in 116 households**, the 302nd largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 823people (2011)
- 116households
- 73.6%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Payagpur

Of every 100 households in Payagpur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Payagpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****89%**

**73%

Television ****41%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Payagpur?

■ Payagpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**902

Working population ****46.5%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 54.4% for women. 48% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (46%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 67 (17%) · **■** Marginal 59 (15%)

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 Chunar

- Musepur842 people
- Bhokhraud841 people
- Ranipur830 people
- Kadiha Mafi825 people
- Rajupur823 people
- Sukul Pura822 people
- Tiyara811 people
- Chitrahan810 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Payagpur?823 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Payagpur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Payagpur?73.6% (Census 2011)