Village · Saifai, Etawah
# Lachwai

Lachwai is a village in Saifai sub-district of Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 2,122 people in 353 households, the 17th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.
- 2,122 people (2011)
- 353 households
- 79.8% literacy
- 870 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lachwai

Of every 100 households in Lachwai in 2011, 73 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lachwai · ■ Saifai rural average
- Electricity for lighting 73% 45%
- Toilet within the home 27% 16%
- No toilet (open defecation) 72% 83%
- Tap water 3% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 24% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 11% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 92%
- Use banking services 62% 54%
- Television 37% 25%
- Mobile phone 61% 60%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 26% 19%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 11% 11%
- Own their home 99% 96%

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

## What is the population of Lachwai?

■ Lachwai · ■ Saifai rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.8% 75.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 870 865
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 846 860
- Working population 32.4% 35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 70.1% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 197 (29%) · ■ Farm labourers 129 (19%) · ■ Household industry 34 (5%) · ■ Other work 143 (21%) · ■ Marginal 184 (27%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Saifai
- Barra 2,222 people
- Pindari 2,181 people
- Parasana 2,143 people
- Barauli Khurd 2,140 people
- Ramet 2,101 people
- Bhalasaiyed 2,012 people
- Kharduli 1,924 people
- Barauli Baidpur 1,882 people

All 60 villages in Saifai

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Lachwai? 2,122 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lachwai in? Etawah district (Saifai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lachwai? 79.8% (Census 2011)

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