# Kahta Village, Orai, Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Orai, Jalaun 

# Kahta

Kahta is a village in Orai sub-district of Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,462 people in 242 households**, the 50th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,462people (2011)
- 242households
- 58.7%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kahta

Of every 100 households in Kahta in 2011, 24 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kahta · ■ Orai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****91%**

**78%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**16%

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 Kahta?

■ Kahta · ■ Orai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**860

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**875

Working population ****43.2%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 42.3% for women. 56% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (16%) · **■** Household industry 31 (5%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 322 (51%)

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 Orai

- Madora1,541 people
- Pachokhra1,534 people
- Sikari Vyas1,533 people
- Tikar1,490 people
- Rahiya1,440 people
- Dhar Goan1,431 people
- Piya Nirjanpur1,408 people
- Ajnari1,385 people

[All 157 villages in Orai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jalaun/orai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kahta?1,462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kahta in?Jalaun district (Orai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kahta?58.7% (Census 2011)