# Lejar Mahdewa Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Lejar Mahdewa

Lejar Mahdewa is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,635 people in 880 households**, the 16th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 5,635people (2011)
- 880households
- 63.5%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lejar Mahdewa

Of every 100 households in Lejar Mahdewa in 2011, 24 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Lejar Mahdewa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**84%

Tap water ****73%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**43%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**85%

Television ****19%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**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 Lejar Mahdewa?

■ Lejar Mahdewa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**941

Working population ****43.3%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 42.8% for women. 50% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 632 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 877 (36%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 149 (6%) · **■** Marginal 758 (31%)

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

- Kamharia Buzurg5,873 people
- Uditpur5,717 people
- Kolhui5,693 people
- Sidhwari5,679 people
- Gopalpur5,596 people
- Phul Manha5,595 people
- Badagon5,590 people
- Pipraparsauni5,234 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Lejar Mahdewa?5,635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lejar Mahdewa in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lejar Mahdewa?63.5% (Census 2011)