# Kathan Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Kathan

Kathan is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,186 people in 177 households**, the 118th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,186people (2011)
- 177households
- 76.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kathan

Of every 100 households in Kathan in 2011, 2 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kathan · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****94%**

**81%

Television ****33%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kathan?

■ Kathan · ■ Mehnagar rural average

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

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**916

Working population ****26.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 64.3% for women. 44% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (12%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 123 (39%) · **■** Marginal 71 (22%)

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

- Jhauwa1,218 people
- Jamuwa1,203 people
- Darropur1,200 people
- Khewasipur1,191 people
- Gaddipur1,182 people
- Asdhirpur1,156 people
- Nadava1,139 people
- Thanauli1,134 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kathan?1,186 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathan in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kathan?76.4% (Census 2011)