# Banahra Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Banahra

Banahra is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,738 people in 275 households**, the 95th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,738people (2011)
- 275households
- 70.8%literacy
- 1,097females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banahra

Of every 100 households in Banahra in 2011, 9 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banahra · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**26%

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

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**78%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**6%

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 Banahra?

■ Banahra · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1097**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**918

Working population ****48.8%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 59.8% for women. 48% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 636 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (12%) · **■** Household industry 39 (5%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 28 (3%)

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 Nizamabad

- Raisinghpur1,801 people
- Arara1,795 people
- Bhuidharpur1,771 people
- Lakhmanpurpatti Badalrai1,763 people
- Daudpur1,738 people
- Reevan1,726 people
- Bibipur1,722 people
- Korauli Khurd1,721 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banahra?1,738 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banahra in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Banahra?70.8% (Census 2011)