# Tighara Village, Maunath Bhanjan, Mau (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maunath Bhanjan, Mau 

# Tighara

Tighara is a village in Maunath Bhanjan sub-district of Mau district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,843 people in 294 households**, the 111th largest of 404 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.7%.

- 1,843people (2011)
- 294households
- 60.5%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighara

Of every 100 households in Tighara in 2011, 52 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tighara · ■ Maunath Bhanjan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**18%

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

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**50%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****73%**

**75%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Tighara?

■ Tighara · ■ Maunath Bhanjan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**71.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****716**

**913

Working population ****23.1%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 51.1% for women. 26% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (16%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (11%) · **■** Marginal 276 (65%)

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 Maunath Bhanjan

- Paramubarakpur1,919 people
- Lasra1,912 people
- Gahni1,868 people
- Nausemar1,868 people
- Bhelabandh1,816 people
- Mansri1,813 people
- Bhagawanpur1,770 people
- Khargajepur1,761 people

[All 426 villages in Maunath Bhanjan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mau/maunath-bhanjan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighara?1,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighara in?Mau district (Maunath Bhanjan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighara?60.5% (Census 2011)