# Mahawan Village, Bikapur, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bikapur, Faizabad 

# Mahawan

Mahawan is a village in Bikapur sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,039 people in 320 households**, the 64th largest of 339 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.2%.

- 2,039people (2011)
- 320households
- 67.9%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahawan

Of every 100 households in Mahawan in 2011, 10 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahawan · ■ Bikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**90%

Tap water ****60%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****71%**

**86%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

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 Mahawan?

■ Mahawan · ■ Bikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**69.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**919

Working population ****26.3%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 58.5% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (13%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 43 (8%) · **■** Marginal 384 (72%)

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 Bikapur

- Tama Vaisya2,087 people
- Katari2,084 people
- Jaysinghmai2,071 people
- Kanakpur Sagrauli2,068 people
- Mahrai Mommadpur2,028 people
- Shankarpur2,006 people
- Haidar Ganj1,998 people
- Tarun1,996 people

[All 340 villages in Bikapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/bikapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahawan?2,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahawan in?Faizabad district (Bikapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahawan?67.9% (Census 2011)