# Karmaha Village, Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur 

# Karmaha

Karmaha is a village in Gorakhpur sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,404 people in 222 households**, the 232nd largest of 440 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,404people (2011)
- 222households
- 60.8%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karmaha

Of every 100 households in Karmaha in 2011, 18 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karmaha · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**35%

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

**19%

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

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**47%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**87%

Use banking services ****88%**

**76%

Television ****11%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**8%

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 Karmaha?

■ Karmaha · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**915

Working population ****42.0%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 45.0% for women. 49% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (24%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 129 (22%) · **■** Marginal 226 (38%)

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 Gorakhpur

- Bankatia Buzurg1,424 people
- Mahri1,422 people
- Mohanapur1,415 people
- Manjharia Bistul1,408 people
- Majhgaonwa1,398 people
- Gurauli Buzurg1,394 people
- Hakkabad1,385 people
- Maulakhor1,383 people

[All 509 villages in Gorakhpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/gorakhpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karmaha?1,404 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karmaha in?Gorakhpur district (Gorakhpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karmaha?60.8% (Census 2011)