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Higanpur Population - Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

Higanpur is a medium size village located in Jakhania Tehsil of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 80 families residing. The Higanpur village has population of 561 of which 278 are males while 283 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Higanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 14.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Higanpur village is 1018 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Higanpur as per census is 577, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Higanpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Higanpur village was 59.08 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Higanpur Male literacy stands at 71.24 % while female literacy rate was 48.22 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Higanpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Higanpur village.

Higanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 561 278 283
Child (0-6) 82 52 30
Schedule Caste 222 113 109
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.08 % 71.24 % 48.22 %
Total Workers 328 169 159
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 242 96 146

Caste Factor

In Higanpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.57 % of total population in Higanpur village. The village Higanpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Higanpur village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 26.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.