# Sisawa Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Sisawa

Sisawa is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,659 people in 325 households**, the 38th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,659people (2011)
- 325households
- 71.1%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sisawa

Of every 100 households in Sisawa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sisawa · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

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

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****15%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**81%

Television ****18%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Sisawa?

■ Sisawa · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**916

Working population ****31.0%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 57.3% for women. 41% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 263 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 149 (18%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 105 (13%) · **■** Marginal 290 (35%)

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

- Pauni Kalan2,795 people
- Karnehuan2,789 people
- Katat Chak Katat2,700 people
- Deha2,695 people
- Jafarpur2,631 people
- Maholi2,618 people
- Amari2,615 people
- Tarava Khas2,569 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sisawa?2,659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sisawa in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sisawa?71.1% (Census 2011)