# Banawen Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Banawen

Banawen is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,297 people in 191 households**, the 104th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,297people (2011)
- 191households
- 78.9%literacy
- 1,079females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banawen

Of every 100 households in Banawen in 2011, 45 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Banawen · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**84%

Tap water ****74%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**81%

Television ****54%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Banawen?

■ Banawen · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****746**

**916

Working population ****20.3%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 70.7% for women. 40% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (42%) · **■** Other work 49 (19%) · **■** Marginal 50 (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 Mehnagar

- Dewakali1,367 people
- Murarpur1,355 people
- Khajura1,326 people
- Jigini1,316 people
- Kurhapar1,294 people
- Bhuwalpur1,284 people
- Shiv Rajpur1,261 people
- Bhorampur1,248 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banawen?1,297 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banawen in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Banawen?78.9% (Census 2011)