# Mahuja Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Mahuja

Mahuja is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 53 households**, the 308th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 416people (2011)
- 53households
- 73.8%literacy
- 1,090females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahuja

Of every 100 households in Mahuja in 2011, 89 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahuja · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**76%

Tap water ****96%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**81%

Television ****31%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mahuja?

■ Mahuja · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1090**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****742**

**903

Working population ****17.8%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 64.4% for women. 37% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (14%) · **■** Household industry 9 (12%) · **■** Other work 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 53 (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 Bansgaon

- Raipur Mus.418 people
- Gohaliya417 people
- Arazi Parpurwa416 people
- Harihar Seeyer Bujurg416 people
- Mitanpur Buz409 people
- Saonr407 people
- Khadiyapar406 people
- Kuchaita406 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahuja?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahuja in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahuja?73.8% (Census 2011)