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

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Village · Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar 

# Amwa

Amwa is a village in Tamkuhi Raj sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 217 households**, the 184th largest of 372 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 217households
- 68.8%literacy
- 1,135females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amwa

Of every 100 households in Amwa in 2011, 31 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Amwa · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****22%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**52%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****23%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**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?

■ Amwa · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1135**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**937

Working population ****18.6%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 56.8% for women. 35% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 154 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (13%) · **■** Marginal 86 (31%)

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

- Bichpatwa1,520 people
- Baiju Patti1,517 people
- Baluwa Samsher Shahi1,513 people
- Babhnauli1,489 people
- Ahladpur1,483 people
- Naugawan1,483 people
- Parsaurf Sirsia Mu.1,477 people
- Sumahi Mohan Singh1,461 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?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amwa in?Kushinagar district (Tamkuhi Raj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amwa?68.8% (Census 2011)