# Maharkha Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Maharkha

Maharkha is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,740 people in 293 households**, the 150th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,740people (2011)
- 293households
- 72.8%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharkha

Of every 100 households in Maharkha in 2011, 47 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maharkha · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**80%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

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

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**77%

Television ****39%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Maharkha?

■ Maharkha · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**911

Working population ****37.1%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 56.3% for women. 46% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 98 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (33%) · **■** Other work 103 (16%) · **■** Marginal 232 (36%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Orawan1,774 people
- Mahuwari Khas1,773 people
- Kisunpura1,755 people
- Jamurana1,744 people
- Koraria1,727 people
- Saifpur1,724 people
- Dariyapur1,707 people
- Silauta1,707 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharkha?1,740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharkha in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maharkha?72.8% (Census 2011)