# Kakana Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Kakana

Kakana is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **148 people in 26 households**, the 271st largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 148people (2011)
- 26households
- 78.3%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakana

Of every 100 households in Kakana in 2011, 17 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kakana · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****54%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****54%**

**85%

Use banking services ****75%**

**83%

Television ****17%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****21%**

**8%

Own their home ****88%**

**99%

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 Kakana?

■ Kakana · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**902

Working population ****23.0%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 61.9% for women. 42% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (9%) · **■** Household industry 6 (18%) · **■** Other work 7 (21%) · **■** Marginal 15 (44%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Piprauli Khurd159 people
- Delha157 people
- Pharsa Dand153 people
- Manjharia Mafi149 people
- Bishunpur138 people
- Kolhui132 people
- Saira130 people
- Dhobhi93 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakana?148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakana in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kakana?78.3% (Census 2011)