# Mehdiya Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Mehdiya

Mehdiya is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,265 people in 137 households**, the 98th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,265people (2011)
- 137households
- 78.9%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mehdiya

Of every 100 households in Mehdiya in 2011, 63 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mehdiya · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**76%

Tap water ****95%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**81%

Television ****68%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mehdiya?

■ Mehdiya · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**903

Working population ****24.7%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 71.2% for women. 35% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (10%) · **■** Marginal 239 (76%)

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

- Fulhar Khurd1,337 people
- Chandauli Bujurg1,284 people
- Dhaski1,269 people
- Mahasin1,267 people
- Salarpur1,254 people
- Katya1,242 people
- Tikari1,242 people
- Kalaura1,237 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mehdiya?1,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehdiya in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mehdiya?78.9% (Census 2011)