# Agaya Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Agaya

Agaya is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,531 people in 233 households**, the 313th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,531people (2011)
- 233households
- 62.5%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agaya

Of every 100 households in Agaya in 2011, 17 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Agaya · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**80%

Tap water ****6%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**46%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****94%**

**84%

Television ****27%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**8%

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 Agaya?

■ Agaya · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**928

Working population ****45.9%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 45.6% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 570 (81%) · **■** Other work 23 (3%) · **■** Marginal 76 (11%)

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 Maharajganj

- Gaunria Raja1,543 people
- Singhpur1,537 people
- Bairia1,536 people
- Pipara Khurd1,532 people
- Kamhariya Khurd1,525 people
- Hariramphr1,522 people
- Parasia1,490 people
- Ghagharua Kharesar1,489 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agaya?1,531 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agaya in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Agaya?62.5% (Census 2011)