# Mahdewa Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Mahdewa

Mahdewa is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,402 people in 247 households**, the 121st largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 1,402people (2011)
- 247households
- 68.7%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahdewa

Of every 100 households in Mahdewa in 2011, 38 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahdewa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**84%

Tap water ****41%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****97%**

**85%

Television ****46%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Mahdewa?

■ Mahdewa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**941

Working population ****37.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 57.8% for women. 48% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (47%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 137 (26%)

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

- Barahara Devi Charan1,430 people
- Darwar Buzurg1,414 people
- Raipur Pandit1,412 people
- Barhara Indra Datt1,410 people
- Madhwapur1,338 people
- Harraiya Maulahi1,336 people
- Jiginiha1,335 people
- Garh1,321 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahdewa?1,402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahdewa in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahdewa?68.7% (Census 2011)