# Makarhat Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Makarhat

Makarhat is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,357 people in 236 households**, the 96th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,357people (2011)
- 236households
- 77.0%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makarhat

Of every 100 households in Makarhat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Makarhat · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****29%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**85%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****28%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Makarhat?

■ Makarhat · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**902

Working population ****25.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 64.3% for women. 47% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 312 (92%)

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

- Mujauli1,420 people
- Mishraulia1,415 people
- Manjhria1,385 people
- Maila1,373 people
- Bankatia1,352 people
- Jabraila Bibikhore1,337 people
- Tandwa Kala1,337 people
- Tiwran1,331 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makarhat?1,357 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makarhat in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Makarhat?77.0% (Census 2011)