# Bachhawal Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Bachhawal

Bachhawal is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,867 people in 695 households**, the 8th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 4,867people (2011)
- 695households
- 67.2%literacy
- 1,069females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bachhawal

Of every 100 households in Bachhawal in 2011, 10 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bachhawal · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****28%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**44%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**81%

Television ****20%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

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 Bachhawal?

■ Bachhawal · ■ Mehnagar rural average

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

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**916

Working population ****28.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 57.5% for women. 38% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 405 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 298 (21%) · **■** Household industry 39 (3%) · **■** Other work 239 (17%) · **■** Marginal 418 (30%)

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 Mehnagar

- Deo Doot5,308 people
- Uchehuwa5,273 people
- Gopalpur4,987 people
- Gaura4,873 people
- Dharnipur Ranipur4,859 people
- Kamaharia4,735 people
- Ganjor4,176 people
- Laudah Emadpur4,066 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bachhawal?4,867 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachhawal in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bachhawal?67.2% (Census 2011)