# Matihanwa Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Matihanwa

Matihanwa is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,980 people in 907 households**, the 10th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 5,980people (2011)
- 907households
- 69.6%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matihanwa

Of every 100 households in Matihanwa in 2011, 32 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matihanwa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**84%

Tap water ****33%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**85%

Television ****24%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Matihanwa?

■ Matihanwa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**941

Working population ****29.9%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 55.5% for women. 47% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 334 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (14%) · **■** Household industry 55 (3%) · **■** Other work 227 (13%) · **■** Marginal 916 (51%)

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

- Nausagar6,487 people
- Karamaha6,321 people
- Banjarha Sonbarsa6,221 people
- Lehara6,055 people
- Hata Bela Harraiya5,949 people
- Kamharia Buzurg5,873 people
- Uditpur5,717 people
- Kolhui5,693 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matihanwa?5,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matihanwa in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Matihanwa?69.6% (Census 2011)