# Jihwa Village, Maharajganj, Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Rae Bareli 

# Jihwa

Jihwa is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,491 people in 483 households**, the 57th largest of 203 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 2,491people (2011)
- 483households
- 54.4%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jihwa

Of every 100 households in Jihwa in 2011, 37 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jihwa · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**81%

Tap water ****34%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****69%**

**78%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

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 Jihwa?

■ Jihwa · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.4%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**933

Working population ****38.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.3% for men and 42.5% for women. 51% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 273 (29%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 124 (13%) · **■** Marginal 301 (32%)

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 Maharajganj

- Achhai2,652 people
- Bhausi2,594 people
- Manjh Gaon2,579 people
- Jeegoon2,560 people
- Kayar2,489 people
- Gumawan2,482 people
- Khairhani2,466 people
- Kumharawan2,441 people

[All 203 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/rae-bareli/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jihwa?2,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jihwa in?Rae Bareli district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jihwa?54.4% (Census 2011)