Village · Harraiya, Basti
# Machhaua Dube

Machhaua Dube is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 262 people in 47 households, the 1075th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.
- 262 people (2011)
- 47 households
- 63.0% literacy
- 912 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machhaua Dube

Of every 100 households in Machhaua Dube in 2011, 35 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Machhaua Dube · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 35% 24%
- Toilet within the home 4% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 87%
- Tap water 100% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 15% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 8% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 94%
- Use banking services 92% 91%
- Television 17% 16%
- Mobile phone 77% 71%
- Computer with internet 4% 1%
- Two-wheeler 12% 16%
- 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).

## What is the population of Machhaua Dube?

■ Machhaua Dube · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.0% 66.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 912 967
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1188 928
- Working population 29.4% 31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 49.1% for women. 54% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 29 (38%) · ■ Farm labourers 41 (53%) · ■ Household industry 2 (3%) · ■ Other work 4 (5%) · ■ Marginal 1 (1%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Harraiya
- Nevada 263 people
- Senduriya Misir 263 people
- Suraila 263 people
- Bankatwa Jotkhani 262 people
- Aghariya 261 people
- Baudihar 261 people
- Chilma Chaube 261 people
- Agar 260 people

All 1,527 villages in Harraiya

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Machhaua Dube? 262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machhaua Dube in? Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Machhaua Dube? 63.0% (Census 2011)

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