Village · Harraiya, Basti
# Machaua Babu

Machaua Babu is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 931 people in 139 households, the 289th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.
- 931 people (2011)
- 139 households
- 74.5% literacy
- 1,042 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machaua Babu

Of every 100 households in Machaua Babu in 2011, 48 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Machaua Babu · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 48% 24%
- Toilet within the home 18% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 81% 87%
- Tap water 100% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 48% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 10% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 90% 94%
- Use banking services 96% 91%
- Television 15% 16%
- Mobile phone 86% 71%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 18% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 3%
- None of these assets 1% 6%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Machaua Babu?

■ Machaua Babu · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.5% 66.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1042 967
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 877 928
- Working population 33.5% 31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 66.7% for women. 42% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 179 (57%) · ■ Farm labourers 13 (4%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 41 (13%) · ■ Marginal 75 (24%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Harraiya
- Budhoowa 935 people
- Manjhariya 934 people
- Lakhanpur Mahuwa 933 people
- Baukhari 932 people
- Kashipur 930 people
- Bichhiya Misra 928 people
- Dohawa 928 people
- Mudsara 925 people

All 1,527 villages in Harraiya

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Machaua Babu? 931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machaua Babu in? Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Machaua Babu? 74.5% (Census 2011)

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