# Marha Village, Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Marha

Marha is a village in Ghatampur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,518 people in 270 households**, the 126th largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,518people (2011)
- 270households
- 64.6%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marha

Of every 100 households in Marha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Marha · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****87%**

**80%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Marha?

■ Marha · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****805**

**887

Working population ****34.5%**

**39.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 56.2% for women. 48% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 305 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 154 (29%)

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 Ghatampur

- Birsinghpur1,558 people
- Basaura1,545 people
- Pasema1,542 people
- Bamburaha1,519 people
- Viran Khera1,505 people
- Bamhauri1,504 people
- Hamira Mau1,501 people
- Kanthipur1,501 people

[All 319 villages in Ghatampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/ghatampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Marha?1,518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marha in?Kanpur Nagar district (Ghatampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Marha?64.6% (Census 2011)