# Kataka Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Kataka

Kataka is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,341 people in 309 households**, the 86th largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 2,341people (2011)
- 309households
- 72.4%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kataka

Of every 100 households in Kataka in 2011, 24 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kataka · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**17%

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

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**86%

Use banking services ****83%**

**69%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**21%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kataka?

■ Kataka · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**926

Working population ****34.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 55.7% for women. 42% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (16%) · **■** Household industry 41 (5%) · **■** Other work 155 (19%) · **■** Marginal 460 (56%)

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 Karchhana

- Dando2,368 people
- Gandhiyawa2,352 people
- Baraha2,349 people
- Taroila2,343 people
- Kajipur2,328 people
- Dewrakh Uparhar2,320 people
- Dewri Kala2,312 people
- Machahar Urf Purwa2,312 people

[All 333 villages in Karchhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/karchhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kataka?2,341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kataka in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kataka?72.4% (Census 2011)