# Turkaha Village, Lalganj, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Mirzapur 

# Turkaha

Turkaha is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,112 people in 222 households**, the 116th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 1,112people (2011)
- 222households
- 35.5%literacy
- 853females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turkaha

Of every 100 households in Turkaha in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Turkaha · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****7%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****90%**

**75%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**2%

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

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Turkaha?

■ Turkaha · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.5%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****853**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**908

Working population ****50.8%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.2% for men and 28.6% for women. 67% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 252 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 284 (50%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 13 (2%)

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 Lalganj

- Tharparsia1,125 people
- Semara Kalan1,120 people
- Katra1,112 people
- Kothi1,112 people
- Khamharia Kalan1,103 people
- Bargada1,102 people
- Dhobaha Dewghata1,094 people
- Banwa1,081 people

[All 431 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turkaha?1,112 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turkaha in?Mirzapur district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Turkaha?35.5% (Census 2011)