# Maha Para Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Maha Para

Maha Para is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,165 people in 333 households**, the 146th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 2,165people (2011)
- 333households
- 46.5%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maha Para

Of every 100 households in Maha Para in 2011, 1 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maha Para · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****4%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**53%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****83%**

**74%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**11%

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 Maha Para?

■ Maha Para · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.5%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**922

Working population ****34.6%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.0% for men and 34.8% for women. 48% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (4%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 78 (10%) · **■** Marginal 599 (80%)

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 Colonelganj

- Harsinghpur2,224 people
- Baunapur2,213 people
- Hardiha Sapaur2,195 people
- Chhitnapur2,185 people
- Gondawa2,136 people
- Bhagahariya Puremitai2,134 people
- Gursari2,117 people
- Dutta Nagar2,108 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maha Para?2,165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maha Para in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maha Para?46.5% (Census 2011)