# Baraura Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Baraura

Baraura is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,211 people in 370 households**, the 48th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,211people (2011)
- 370households
- 60.6%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baraura

Of every 100 households in Baraura in 2011, 2 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baraura · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**69%

Tap water ****34%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****75%**

**77%

Television ****9%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baraura?

■ Baraura · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**916

Working population ****27.4%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 46.7% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 212 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (4%) · **■** Marginal 226 (37%)

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 Powayan

- Malika2,272 people
- Birahampur Jhajharia2,264 people
- Chak Kanhu2,252 people
- Harnahai2,224 people
- Dhakia Hamid Nagar2,197 people
- Mudia Pamar2,189 people
- Badripur Hadira2,175 people
- Sakrapur2,140 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baraura?2,211 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraura in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baraura?60.6% (Census 2011)