Village · Harraiya, Basti
# Pachvas

Pachvas is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,615 people in 227 households, the 102nd largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.
- 1,615 people (2011)
- 227 households
- 80.3% literacy
- 984 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachvas

Of every 100 households in Pachvas in 2011, 66 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Pachvas · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 66% 24%
- Toilet within the home 52% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 48% 87%
- Tap water 8% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 56% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 34% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 65% 94%
- Use banking services 97% 91%
- Television 45% 16%
- Mobile phone 74% 71%
- Computer with internet 3% 1%
- Two-wheeler 32% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 3%
- None of these assets 4% 6%
- Own their home 98% 99%

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

## What is the population of Pachvas?

■ Pachvas · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 80.3% 66.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 984 967
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 836 928
- Working population 25.7% 31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 72.9% for women. 46% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 150 (36%) · ■ Farm labourers 23 (6%) · ■ Household industry 23 (6%) · ■ Other work 95 (23%) · ■ Marginal 124 (30%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Harraiya
- Chhitha 1,626 people
- Bhiura 1,625 people
- Taraini 1,620 people
- Baghaura 1,615 people
- Sukrauli Kunwar 1,598 people
- Pilkhau 1,593 people
- Dhurdah 1,587 people
- Maghakitaoval 1,584 people

All 1,527 villages in Harraiya

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Pachvas? 1,615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachvas in? Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pachvas? 80.3% (Census 2011)

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