# Jalama Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Jalama

Jalama is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,245 people in 398 households**, the 45th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,245people (2011)
- 398households
- 70.3%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jalama

Of every 100 households in Jalama in 2011, 11 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Jalama · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**28%

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

**12%

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

**86%

Tap water ****23%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**36%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****93%**

**83%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Jalama?

■ Jalama · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**933

Working population ****31.4%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 58.7% for women. 49% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 318 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 216 (31%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (6%) · **■** Marginal 109 (15%)

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 Gauriganj

- Hardo2,395 people
- Sewainhem Garh2,378 people
- Itaujapachhim2,303 people
- Bishundas Pur2,255 people
- Kalyanpur2,237 people
- Bajgarhi2,215 people
- Mayas2,207 people
- Sarai Bhag Mani2,185 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jalama?2,245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jalama in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jalama?70.3% (Census 2011)