# Menara Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Menara

Menara is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,735 people in 252 households**, the 129th largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 1,735people (2011)
- 252households
- 72.4%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Menara

Of every 100 households in Menara in 2011, 42 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Menara · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**19%

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

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**86%

Use banking services ****71%**

**69%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Menara?

■ Menara · ■ Karchhana rural average

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

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**926

Working population ****32.0%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 55.4% for women. 39% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (21%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (11%) · **■** Marginal 299 (54%)

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

- Manaiya Uperhar1,790 people
- Dandupur1,787 people
- Piparawan Urf Kathauli1,762 people
- Dadari Ta. Naugawan1,759 people
- Baramar1,728 people
- Belwat1,710 people
- Ghongapur1,708 people
- Kathuwa1,701 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Menara?1,735 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Menara in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Menara?72.4% (Census 2011)