# Katka Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Katka

Katka is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **553 people in 99 households**, the 199th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 553people (2011)
- 99households
- 72.8%literacy
- 1,548females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katka

Of every 100 households in Katka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Katka · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**78%

Tap water ****6%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****99%**

**83%

Television ****43%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Katka?

■ Katka · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1548**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**902

Working population ****36.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 59.7% for women. 35% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (80%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 24 (12%)

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

- Gohata566 people
- Hanspatti565 people
- Rautpar560 people
- Barwar Khurd559 people
- Pranpur552 people
- Bhiti549 people
- Pipri547 people
- Kuwal Khurd543 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katka?553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katka in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Katka?72.8% (Census 2011)