# Medhan Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Medhan

Medhan is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,834 people in 404 households**, the 63rd largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,834people (2011)
- 404households
- 68.9%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Medhan

Of every 100 households in Medhan in 2011, 6 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Medhan · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**27%

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

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**80%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****45%**

**77%

Television ****15%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Medhan?

■ Medhan · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1219**

**911

Working population ****61.0%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 53.2% for women. 63% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 476 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 41 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,154 (67%)

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

- Surtapur2,958 people
- Khandwari2,941 people
- Diya2,865 people
- Sarai2,858 people
- Barhan2,821 people
- Gurehoo2,820 people
- Barthara Khurd2,815 people
- Faguia2,797 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Medhan?2,834 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Medhan in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Medhan?68.9% (Census 2011)