# Jigina Village, Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Jigina

Jigina is a village in Mehdawal sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **755 people in 118 households**, the 214th largest of 454 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 755people (2011)
- 118households
- 59.6%literacy
- 1,201females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jigina

Of every 100 households in Jigina in 2011, 44 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jigina · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**89%

Tap water ****51%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**94%

Use banking services ****81%**

**78%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**8%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jigina?

■ Jigina · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**60.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1201**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1237**

**941

Working population ****52.1%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 51.3% for women. 65% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 308 (78%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 11 (3%)

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 Mehdawal

- Dandiakalan778 people
- Bhitia Kalan770 people
- Dhaurahra770 people
- Batsara758 people
- Bandubhar753 people
- Bhelakhe Rgkala747 people
- Dabra742 people
- Puraina738 people

[All 518 villages in Mehdawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/mehdawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jigina?755 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jigina in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Mehdawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jigina?59.6% (Census 2011)