# Mahdawa Village, Sahawar, Kanshiram Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahawar, Kanshiram Nagar 

# Mahdawa

Mahdawa is a village in Sahawar sub-district of Kanshiram Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,884 people in 473 households**, the 23rd largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 2,884people (2011)
- 473households
- 59.0%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahdawa

Of every 100 households in Mahdawa in 2011, 5 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahdawa · ■ Sahawar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**66%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****62%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**15%

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 Mahdawa?

■ Mahdawa · ■ Sahawar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**893

Working population ****34.3%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 42.8% for women. 52% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 482 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (16%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (5%) · **■** Marginal 288 (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 Sahawar

- Arjunpur Qadim3,162 people
- Bhiloli3,025 people
- Shamas Pur Dengari3,003 people
- Khitauli2,956 people
- Kanoi2,882 people
- Nadar Mai2,863 people
- Manikapur Pukhta2,811 people
- Kunwarpur2,677 people

[All 180 villages in Sahawar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanshiram-nagar/sahawar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahdawa?2,884 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahdawa in?Kanshiram Nagar district (Sahawar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahdawa?59.0% (Census 2011)