# Karah Pithia Village, Basti, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Basti, Basti 

# Karah Pithia

Karah Pithia is a village in Basti sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,791 people in 305 households**, the 81st largest of 1,027 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.2%.

- 1,791people (2011)
- 305households
- 63.1%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karah Pithia

Of every 100 households in Karah Pithia in 2011, 4 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karah Pithia · ■ Basti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**28%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****49%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**51%

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

**9%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****97%**

**87%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**7%

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 Karah Pithia?

■ Karah Pithia · ■ Basti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**67.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**929

Working population ****30.4%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 51.8% for women. 43% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (8%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 429 (79%)

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 Basti

- Gana1,823 people
- Rampur Jungal1,816 people
- Chilwaniya1,810 people
- Mathauli1,792 people
- Khamokhar1,776 people
- Mehdouna1,770 people
- Thokwa1,755 people
- Habeli Khas1,743 people

[All 1,102 villages in Basti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/basti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karah Pithia?1,791 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karah Pithia in?Basti district (Basti sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karah Pithia?63.1% (Census 2011)