# Majhgawan Village, Azamgarh, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Azamgarh, Azamgarh 

# Majhgawan

Majhgawan is a village in Azamgarh sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,946 people in 381 households**, the 45th largest of 605 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 2,946people (2011)
- 381households
- 76.4%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhgawan

Of every 100 households in Majhgawan in 2011, 57 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Majhgawan · ■ Azamgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**18%

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

**80%

Tap water ****6%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****87%**

**81%

Television ****36%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Majhgawan?

■ Majhgawan · ■ Azamgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**916

Working population ****23.8%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 66.1% for women. 39% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (18%) · **■** Household industry 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 254 (36%) · **■** Marginal 252 (36%)

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 Azamgarh

- Karanpur3,272 people
- Shah Khajura3,270 people
- Uncha Gaon2,983 people
- Jamalpur Baz Bahadur2,979 people
- Sehda2,939 people
- Gelwara2,907 people
- Naithi2,856 people
- Chiutahi2,841 people

[All 666 villages in Azamgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/azamgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhgawan?2,946 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhgawan in?Azamgarh district (Azamgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Majhgawan?76.4% (Census 2011)