# Barahaj Village, Padrauna, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Padrauna, Kushinagar 

# Barahaj

Barahaj is a village in Padrauna sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,484 people in 399 households**, the 135th largest of 519 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 2,484people (2011)
- 399households
- 68.4%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barahaj

Of every 100 households in Barahaj in 2011, 50 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barahaj · ■ Padrauna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**85%

Tap water ****13%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**97%

Use banking services ****67%**

**83%

Television ****47%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Barahaj?

■ Barahaj · ■ Padrauna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**926

Working population ****17.0%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 52.6% for women. 28% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (7%) · **■** Marginal 231 (55%)

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 Padrauna

- Kathinahia2,552 people
- Jungal Piprasi2,542 people
- Luxmipur2,523 people
- Dharni Patti2,500 people
- Siganjori2,470 people
- Mahuawa2,453 people
- Pagara Buzurg2,421 people
- Bishunpura Khurd2,420 people

[All 558 villages in Padrauna](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/padrauna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barahaj?2,484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barahaj in?Kushinagar district (Padrauna sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barahaj?68.4% (Census 2011)