# Agaya Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Agaya

Agaya is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,675 people in 282 households**, the 103rd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 1,675people (2011)
- 282households
- 59.5%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agaya

Of every 100 households in Agaya in 2011, 28 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Agaya · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****87%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**43%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**85%

Television ****17%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 · ■ Pharenda rural average

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

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**941

Working population ****41.7%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 42.0% for women. 52% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 165 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (8%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 444 (64%)

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 Pharenda

- Chautarwa1,785 people
- Shahpur Jungle1,775 people
- Alehadiya Mahdewa1,760 people
- Kharkhori1,750 people
- Babhani Buzurg1,661 people
- Soharwalia Khurd1,659 people
- Parasia Khurd1,604 people
- Parsa Mahanth1,599 people

[All 233 villages in Pharenda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/pharenda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agaya?1,675 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agaya in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Agaya?59.5% (Census 2011)