# Karkha Village, Nawabganj, Bara Banki (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nawabganj, Bara Banki 

# Karkha

Karkha is a village in Nawabganj sub-district of Bara Banki district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,016 people in 199 households**, the 270th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,016people (2011)
- 199households
- 62.0%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karkha

Of every 100 households in Karkha in 2011, 15 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karkha · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**88%

Use banking services ****56%**

**78%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Karkha?

■ Karkha · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**935

Working population ****30.1%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 52.7% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 116 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (18%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 123 (40%) · **■** Marginal 10 (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 Nawabganj

- Bikar1,029 people
- Dharsania1,026 people
- Rai Pur1,021 people
- Narauli1,020 people
- Bhitauli Khurd1,009 people
- Chandauli1,008 people
- Khanwaha1,005 people
- Magarwal1,005 people

[All 388 villages in Nawabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bara-banki/nawabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karkha?1,016 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkha in?Bara Banki district (Nawabganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karkha?62.0% (Census 2011)