# Bigehna Village, Maudaha, Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maudaha, Hamirpur 

# Bigehna

Bigehna is a village in Maudaha sub-district of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,906 people in 299 households**, the 64th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.8%.

- 1,906people (2011)
- 299households
- 59.4%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bigehna

Of every 100 households in Bigehna in 2011, 23 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bigehna · ■ Maudaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**16%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****81%**

**75%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Bigehna?

■ Bigehna · ■ Maudaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**67.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**854

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**894

Working population ****28.8%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 48.4% for women. 42% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (6%) · **■** Marginal 299 (54%)

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 Maudaha

- Mutni1,955 people
- Sijwahi1,952 people
- Tola Maf1,933 people
- Lewa1,908 people
- Silauli1,878 people
- Teehar1,876 people
- Uprai1,828 people
- Sioni1,823 people

[All 176 villages in Maudaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hamirpur/maudaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bigehna?1,906 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bigehna in?Hamirpur district (Maudaha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bigehna?59.4% (Census 2011)