# Medachak Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Medachak

Medachak is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **233 people in 40 households**, the 551st largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 233people (2011)
- 40households
- 45.4%literacy
- 1,240females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Medachak

Of every 100 households in Medachak in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Medachak · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****98%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**48%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****10%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**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 Medachak?

■ Medachak · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.4%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1240**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**904

Working population ****25.8%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 31.5% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (8%) · **■** Other work 1 (2%) · **■** Marginal 19 (32%)

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

- Jamauli Bujurg243 people
- Saudih241 people
- Jhaua Bujurg236 people
- Belvadari234 people
- Murdewachak233 people
- Babhan Bhainsa232 people
- Matiyaria232 people
- Etoura229 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Medachak?233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Medachak in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Medachak?45.4% (Census 2011)