# Amwa Khas Village, Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar 

# Amwa Khas

Amwa Khas is a village in Tamkuhi Raj sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **12,920 people in 2,111 households**, the 3rd largest of 372 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 12,920people (2011)
- 2,111households
- 55.6%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amwa Khas

Of every 100 households in Amwa Khas in 2011, 12 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Amwa Khas · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**15%

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

**83%

Tap water ****56%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**52%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**9%

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 Amwa Khas?

■ Amwa Khas · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**937

Working population ****43.0%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 40.7% for women. 48% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 461 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 757 (14%) · **■** Household industry 34 (1%) · **■** Other work 141 (3%) · **■** Marginal 4,158 (75%)

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 Tamkuhi Raj

- Bans Gaon25,868 people
- Rampur Barahan14,966 people
- Tarya Sujan12,686 people
- Gauri Shri Ram11,894 people
- Parasauni Buzurg10,803 people
- Barwa Rajapakar10,356 people

[All 384 villages in Tamkuhi Raj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/tamkuhi-raj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amwa Khas?12,920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa Khas in?Kushinagar district (Tamkuhi Raj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa Khas?55.6% (Census 2011)