# Kanja Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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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 **783 people in 169 households**, the 300th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 783people (2011)
- 169households
- 68.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanja

Of every 100 households in Kanja in 2011, 8 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanja · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**69%

Tap water ****8%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****100%**

**77%

Television ****4%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**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+) ****68.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**916

Working population ****31.3%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 56.0% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 126 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (40%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%)

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

- Rasulpur Bujurg787 people
- Nabadia J. Dhukuri785 people
- Dharmangadpur Khurd784 people
- Nawada Ashrafpur784 people
- Chilhauta782 people
- Gargaiya779 people
- Khamaria Gadiyana779 people
- Rampur777 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanja?783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanja in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanja?68.6% (Census 2011)