# Ossa Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Ossa

Ossa is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,160 people in 170 households**, the 181st largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 1,160people (2011)
- 170households
- 78.8%literacy
- 835females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ossa

Of every 100 households in Ossa in 2011, 48 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 96 had a mobile phone, 83 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ossa · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**79%

Tap water ****17%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**25%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**86%

Use banking services ****89%**

**69%

Television ****26%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****96%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****83%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Ossa?

■ Ossa · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****835**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****589**

**926

Working population ****28.3%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 71.6% for women. 45% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 77 (23%) · **■** Marginal 62 (19%)

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

- Hariharpur1,180 people
- Tendui Ta. Kulmai1,166 people
- Tiwariya Khurd1,166 people
- Gothi Ta. Lawain1,163 people
- Kulhariya1,148 people
- Thari1,141 people
- Dewri Khurd1,137 people
- Khajoraul Uperhar1,125 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ossa?1,160 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ossa in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ossa?78.8% (Census 2011)