# Mehdia Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Mehdia

Mehdia is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **256 people in 38 households**, the 247th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 256people (2011)
- 38households
- 82.2%literacy
- 1,032females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mehdia

Of every 100 households in Mehdia in 2011, 29 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mehdia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****97%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**85%

Use banking services ****97%**

**83%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**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 Mehdia?

■ Mehdia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1032**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**902

Working population ****30.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 73.3% for women. 60% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (5%) · **■** Other work 13 (16%) · **■** Marginal 60 (76%)

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

- Gopalpur302 people
- Mahui283 people
- Bisunpur270 people
- Siswa266 people
- Thathebari256 people
- Jagal Aual251 people
- Bhuwa Sahid249 people
- Bonga248 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mehdia?256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehdia in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mehdia?82.2% (Census 2011)