# Maktapar Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Maktapar

Maktapar is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **847 people in 159 households**, the 149th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 847people (2011)
- 159households
- 77.4%literacy
- 818females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maktapar

Of every 100 households in Maktapar in 2011, 49 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maktapar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**78%

Tap water ****91%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**83%

Television ****28%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Maktapar?

■ Maktapar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****818**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****639**

**902

Working population ****56.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 61.7% for women. 62% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (36%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (7%) · **■** Marginal 268 (56%)

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

- Bharwal906 people
- Ramdih Torani885 people
- Panika874 people
- Jhungia869 people
- Chandpar846 people
- Tenuhari844 people
- Algatpur837 people
- Dariwa837 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maktapar?847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maktapar in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maktapar?77.4% (Census 2011)