# Sarai Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Sarai

Sarai is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,211 people in 231 households**, the 164th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,211people (2011)
- 231households
- 59.8%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarai

Of every 100 households in Sarai in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarai · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**68%

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

**10%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****92%**

**77%

Television ****3%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Sarai?

■ Sarai · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**916

Working population ****32.6%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 49.8% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 318 (81%)

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

- Tihar Ajanpur1,242 people
- Bitaunij Karanapur1,235 people
- Tindua Nagaria1,228 people
- Behta Sanwat1,226 people
- Behta J. Jenwan1,206 people
- Kunwarpur Rati1,205 people
- Dugraunchi1,204 people
- Gahluiya1,203 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarai?1,211 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarai in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarai?59.8% (Census 2011)