# Mahawan Village, Sohawal, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sohawal, Faizabad 

# Mahawan

Mahawan is a village in Sohawal sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,676 people in 420 households**, the 48th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 2,676people (2011)
- 420households
- 71.5%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahawan

Of every 100 households in Mahawan in 2011, 56 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahawan · ■ Sohawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**36%

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

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**77%

Tap water ****53%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****82%**

**86%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**17%

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

**4%

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

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 · ■ Sohawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**70.3%

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

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**941

Working population ****28.3%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 62.5% for women. 47% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 285 (38%) · **■** Household industry 38 (5%) · **■** Other work 173 (23%) · **■** Marginal 98 (13%)

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 Sohawal

- Kola2,819 people
- Kot Saray2,745 people
- Naipura2,737 people
- Deoie2,679 people
- Surwari2,669 people
- Sukhawa2,620 people
- Kapasi2,554 people
- Bhadersa Ta. Bahar2,526 people

[All 158 villages in Sohawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/sohawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahawan?2,676 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahawan in?Faizabad district (Sohawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahawan?71.5% (Census 2011)