# Mahajana Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Mahajana

Mahajana is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,217 people in 141 households**, the 291st largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,217people (2011)
- 141households
- 80.4%literacy
- 1,084females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahajana

Of every 100 households in Mahajana in 2011, 4 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahajana · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**73%

Television ****48%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahajana?

■ Mahajana · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1084**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**889

Working population ****26.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 70.3% for women. 47% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 171 (54%) · **■** Marginal 57 (18%)

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 Handia

- Bagdaha Hawasabad1,229 people
- Garhawa1,222 people
- Rehimpatti1,221 people
- Dhansipur1,217 people
- Patwa Mutfarka1,217 people
- Haripur Mishrpur1,212 people
- Jalalpur Chandopara1,212 people
- Thulama1,211 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahajana?1,217 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahajana in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahajana?80.4% (Census 2011)