# Kanja Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (2)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Kanja

Kanja is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **381 people in 95 households**, the 494th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 381people (2011)
- 95households
- 69.3%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanja

Of every 100 households in Kanja in 2011, 17 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanja · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**13%

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

**30%

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

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****90%**

**77%

Television ****2%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Kanja?

■ Kanja · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1241**

**916

Working population ****26.0%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 50.7% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (70%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (18%) · **■** Marginal 4 (4%)

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

- Gauntia J. Ikdhara391 people
- Basai390 people
- Kamalpur386 people
- Nawalpur386 people
- Miyanpur J. Paigapur380 people
- Bachuiya376 people
- Ajodhpur373 people
- Navadia J. Nagra371 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanja?381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanja in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanja?69.3% (Census 2011)