# Mahuwar Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Mahuwar

Mahuwar is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,835 people in 542 households**, the 90th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 2,835people (2011)
- 542households
- 36.9%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahuwar

Of every 100 households in Mahuwar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahuwar · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**10%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**53%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**74%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**11%

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 Mahuwar?

■ Mahuwar · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.9%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**922

Working population ****27.5%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.2% for men and 22.8% for women. 49% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 464 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (8%) · **■** Household industry 30 (4%) · **■** Other work 28 (4%) · **■** Marginal 193 (25%)

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

- Pure Badal2,885 people
- Babupur2,874 people
- Khaira2,861 people
- Khem Pur2,839 people
- Kotiya Madara2,804 people
- Rajgarh Aminpur2,740 people
- Lalpur Dhautal2,725 people
- Katra Shahbajpur2,686 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahuwar?2,835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahuwar in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahuwar?36.9% (Census 2011)