# Kathaka Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Kathaka

Kathaka is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **555 people in 65 households**, the 362nd largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 555people (2011)
- 65households
- 80.8%literacy
- 814females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kathaka

Of every 100 households in Kathaka in 2011, 46 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kathaka · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**82%

Tap water ****93%**

**41%

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

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**91%

Use banking services ****65%**

**80%

Television ****47%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**7%

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 Kathaka?

■ Kathaka · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****814**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****735**

**904

Working population ****44.3%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 67.0% for women. 48% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 17 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (78%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%) · **■** Marginal 17 (7%)

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 Khajni

- Shankarpur568 people
- Bagewah567 people
- Jamin Bishunpura565 people
- Palahipar Harnahiya565 people
- Alavalpur554 people
- Konee Bujurg554 people
- Puraspar554 people
- Lalpur553 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kathaka?555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathaka in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kathaka?80.8% (Census 2011)