# Maila Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Maila

Maila is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,373 people in 216 households**, the 95th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,373people (2011)
- 216households
- 69.1%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maila

Of every 100 households in Maila in 2011, 20 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maila · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****14%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**85%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**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 Maila?

■ Maila · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1019**

**902

Working population ****52.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 54.6% for women. 61% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (4%) · **■** Marginal 683 (95%)

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

- Bhakasa1,421 people
- Mujauli1,420 people
- Mishraulia1,415 people
- Manjhria1,385 people
- Makarhat1,357 people
- Bankatia1,352 people
- Jabraila Bibikhore1,337 people
- Tandwa Kala1,337 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maila?1,373 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maila in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maila?69.1% (Census 2011)