# Masarhi Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Masarhi

Masarhi is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,539 people in 675 households**, the 26th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 4,539people (2011)
- 675households
- 67.2%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Masarhi

Of every 100 households in Masarhi in 2011, 26 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Masarhi · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**85%

Tap water ****21%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**73%

Television ****24%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**8%

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 Masarhi?

■ Masarhi · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**889

Working population ****34.2%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 50.9% for women. 40% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (8%) · **■** Household industry 55 (4%) · **■** Other work 299 (19%) · **■** Marginal 848 (55%)

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

- Kahara4,733 people
- Malethuwa4,664 people
- Dhowaha4,641 people
- Bajaha Mishran4,554 people
- Khanpur Danri4,536 people
- Asawa Dautapur4,506 people
- Bamaila4,433 people
- Jaraon4,255 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Masarhi?4,539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Masarhi in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Masarhi?67.2% (Census 2011)