# Saras Village, Mahavan, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mahavan, Mathura 

# Saras

Saras is a village in Mahavan sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,278 people in 211 households**, the 74th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,278people (2011)
- 211households
- 71.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saras

Of every 100 households in Saras in 2011, 41 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Saras · ■ Mahavan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**52%

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

**15%

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

**83%

Tap water ****39%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****29%**

**71%

Television ****82%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**29%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Saras?

■ Saras · ■ Mahavan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**860

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**866

Working population ****46.6%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 57.8% for women. 47% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (27%) · **■** Household industry 64 (11%) · **■** Other work 62 (10%) · **■** Marginal 249 (42%)

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 Mahavan

- Nagla Akos Bangar1,345 people
- Jatora1,341 people
- Tal Garhi1,311 people
- Jadaupur1,293 people
- Sehat Bangar1,255 people
- Shahaupur Bangar1,205 people
- Shahjadpur1,197 people
- Khanpur1,160 people

[All 162 villages in Mahavan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/mahavan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saras?1,278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saras in?Mathura district (Mahavan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saras?71.7% (Census 2011)