# Pothwa Village, Shahabad, Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Shahabad, Hardoi 

# Pothwa

Pothwa is a village in Shahabad sub-district of Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **585 people in 105 households**, the 337th largest of 418 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 585people (2011)
- 105households
- 76.9%literacy
- 794females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pothwa

Of every 100 households in Pothwa in 2011, 36 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pothwa · ■ Shahabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****80%**

**72%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pothwa?

■ Pothwa · ■ Shahabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****794**

**866

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**905

Working population ****46.2%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 68.5% for women. 60% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 78 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (8%) · **■** Other work 42 (16%) · **■** Marginal 129 (48%)

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 Shahabad

- Ulnapur594 people
- Rupapur591 people
- Jalalpur590 people
- Chandrampur585 people
- Mirpur Gannu582 people
- Firoozpur Kalan580 people
- Machheta579 people
- Randhirpur579 people

[All 457 villages in Shahabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hardoi/shahabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pothwa?585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pothwa in?Hardoi district (Shahabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pothwa?76.9% (Census 2011)