# Sawana Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Sawana

Sawana is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,746 people in 292 households**, the 281st largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,746people (2011)
- 292households
- 60.0%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sawana

Of every 100 households in Sawana in 2011, 17 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sawana · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**80%

Tap water ****75%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**46%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****61%**

**84%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sawana?

■ Sawana · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**928

Working population ****31.7%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 46.6% for women. 41% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (23%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (9%) · **■** Marginal 368 (67%)

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

- Malmalia Urf Sirsia1,777 people
- Sonabarasa1,764 people
- Beilia1,760 people
- Murila Chaudhari1,756 people
- Sohanpur Urf Sonkatia1,740 people
- Baswar1,732 people
- Budhirampur1,728 people
- Nandana1,724 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sawana?1,746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sawana in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sawana?60.0% (Census 2011)