# Kanthuwa Village, Sirathu, Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sirathu, Kaushambi 

# Kanthuwa

Kanthuwa is a village in Sirathu sub-district of Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,544 people in 269 households**, the 113th largest of 244 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 1,544people (2011)
- 269households
- 58.6%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthuwa

Of every 100 households in Kanthuwa in 2011, 7 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanthuwa · ■ Sirathu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****55%**

**64%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**13%

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 Kanthuwa?

■ Kanthuwa · ■ Sirathu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.6%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**928

Working population ****27.6%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 48.0% for women. 47% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 214 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (31%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 55 (13%) · **■** Marginal 21 (5%)

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 Sirathu

- Malak Shaddi1,675 people
- Kundravi1,652 people
- Askaranpur Magrohani1,633 people
- Jhandapur1,560 people
- Bambupur1,504 people
- Kooramuridan1,501 people
- Baripur1,494 people
- Terahra1,492 people

[All 290 villages in Sirathu](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kaushambi/sirathu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthuwa?1,544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthuwa in?Kaushambi district (Sirathu sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthuwa?58.6% (Census 2011)