# Khosta Village, Nichlaul, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nichlaul, Mahrajganj 

# Khosta

Khosta is a village in Nichlaul sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,585 people in 450 households**, the 55th largest of 282 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 2,585people (2011)
- 450households
- 61.3%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khosta

Of every 100 households in Khosta in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khosta · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****45%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**84%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**10%

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 Khosta?

■ Khosta · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**921

Working population ****34.4%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 49.1% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 46 (5%) · **■** Marginal 489 (55%)

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 Nichlaul

- Pakari Chaube2,757 people
- Tikar2,671 people
- Barahra Mahanth2,649 people
- Padari Kalan2,618 people
- Jahada2,569 people
- Sonbarasa2,541 people
- Shitlapur2,525 people
- Lohrauli2,521 people

[All 314 villages in Nichlaul](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nichlaul/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khosta?2,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khosta in?Mahrajganj district (Nichlaul sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Khosta?61.3% (Census 2011)