# Mahawar Village, Kasganj, Kanshiram Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kasganj, Kanshiram Nagar 

# Mahawar

Mahawar is a village in Kasganj sub-district of Kanshiram Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,548 people in 432 households**, the 54th largest of 224 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 2,548people (2011)
- 432households
- 62.2%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahawar

Of every 100 households in Mahawar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahawar · ■ Kasganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**90%

Tap water ****23%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**53%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****83%**

**60%

Television ****30%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****9%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

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 Mahawar?

■ Mahawar · ■ Kasganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**896

Working population ****27.6%**

**32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 43.8% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 479 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (6%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (9%) · **■** Marginal 115 (16%)

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 Kasganj

- Kaliyan Pur2,619 people
- Mubarikpur Sigtara2,609 people
- Tolakpur2,595 people
- Taiyab Pur Kamalpur2,571 people
- Bhaisora Buzurg2,545 people
- Himmat Pur Sai2,486 people
- Tawalpur Mosampur2,476 people
- Goshpur Bhupal Garhi2,452 people

[All 245 villages in Kasganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanshiram-nagar/kasganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahawar?2,548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahawar in?Kanshiram Nagar district (Kasganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahawar?62.2% (Census 2011)