# Kandh Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Kandh

Kandh is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,902 people in 520 households**, the 133rd largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,902people (2011)
- 520households
- 59.5%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandh

Of every 100 households in Kandh in 2011, 9 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kandh · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**80%

Tap water ****50%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**84%

Television ****16%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**8%

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 Kandh?

■ Kandh · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**928

Working population ****46.2%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 44.2% for women. 46% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (4%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 82 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,032 (77%)

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

- Laxmipur2,927 people
- Baiju Dehara2,914 people
- Natawa2,911 people
- Gopala2,904 people
- Piparajaddu2,895 people
- Jungal Jarlaha Urf Suchitpur2,885 people
- Muhammadpur2,876 people
- Beniganj2,870 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandh?2,902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandh in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kandh?59.5% (Census 2011)