# Turkaha Village, Padrauna, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Padrauna, Kushinagar 

# Turkaha

Turkaha is a village in Padrauna sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,102 people in 286 households**, the 160th largest of 519 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 2,102people (2011)
- 286households
- 56.9%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turkaha

Of every 100 households in Turkaha in 2011, 46 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Turkaha · ■ Padrauna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****39%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Turkaha?

■ Turkaha · ■ Padrauna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**926

Working population ****29.3%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 44.8% for women. 46% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (6%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 69 (11%) · **■** Marginal 425 (69%)

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

- Chitaha2,180 people
- Katya2,179 people
- Basdila Jungal2,178 people
- Tirlokpur Buzurg2,131 people
- Bandhwa2,090 people
- Pakri Buzurg2,068 people
- Sohrauna2,048 people
- Ekwanhi Urf Bhagwatpur2,042 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turkaha?2,102 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turkaha in?Kushinagar district (Padrauna sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Turkaha?56.9% (Census 2011)