# Maheshkundul Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Maheshkundul

Maheshkundul is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **380 people in 59 households**, the 234th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 380people (2011)
- 59households
- 74.8%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshkundul

Of every 100 households in Maheshkundul in 2011, 25 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Maheshkundul · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**78%

Tap water ****70%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****19%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Maheshkundul?

■ Maheshkundul · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1185**

**902

Working population ****18.7%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 59.2% for women. 35% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (62%) · **■** Marginal 11 (15%)

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

- Belhar Mafi408 people
- Kusmaul408 people
- Chigauna392 people
- Daftari383 people
- Neusa368 people
- Suraulia368 people
- Baluwa Manjhria340 people
- Khad Potahara336 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshkundul?380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshkundul in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshkundul?74.8% (Census 2011)