# Newas Pokhar Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Newas Pokhar

Newas Pokhar is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,262 people in 649 households**, the 43rd largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 4,262people (2011)
- 649households
- 63.4%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Newas Pokhar

Of every 100 households in Newas Pokhar in 2011, 6 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Newas Pokhar · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**19%

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

**19%

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

**80%

Tap water ****66%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**84%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Newas Pokhar?

■ Newas Pokhar · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**928

Working population ****31.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 46.0% for women. 44% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 176 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 431 (32%) · **■** Household industry 43 (3%) · **■** Other work 233 (17%) · **■** Marginal 451 (34%)

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

- Domara4,370 people
- Karauta Urf Nebuiya4,368 people
- Murila4,358 people
- Chhatiram4,281 people
- Paras Khar4,248 people
- Parasagidahi4,245 people
- Barawa Khurd4,215 people
- Shyam Deurawa4,213 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Newas Pokhar?4,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Newas Pokhar in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Newas Pokhar?63.4% (Census 2011)