# Mahatha Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Mahatha

Mahatha is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **391 people in 60 households**, the 321st largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 391people (2011)
- 60households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahatha

Of every 100 households in Mahatha in 2011, 44 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahatha · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**76%

Tap water ****5%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**88%

Use banking services ****82%**

**81%

Television ****29%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**10%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Mahatha?

■ Mahatha · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**903

Working population ****33.5%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 61.9% for women. 48% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (21%) · **■** Marginal 38 (29%)

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 Bansgaon

- Leduabari Buzurg396 people
- Bhiti395 people
- Hata395 people
- Tighara Patwari393 people
- Karnauti388 people
- Pachisi Khas387 people
- Banpurwa383 people
- Kanhla382 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahatha?391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahatha in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahatha?74.5% (Census 2011)