# Khantara Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Khantara

Khantara is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,037 people in 240 households**, the 92nd largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,037people (2011)
- 240households
- 67.7%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khantara

Of every 100 households in Khantara in 2011, 5 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khantara · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**85%

Television ****9%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**14%

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 Khantara?

■ Khantara · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1081**

**939

Working population ****43.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 53.1% for women. 49% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 210 (46%) · **■** Household industry 29 (6%) · **■** Other work 33 (7%) · **■** Marginal 120 (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 Marihan

- Marcha1,070 people
- Hinauta1,065 people
- Sirsi1,046 people
- Gortutwa1,041 people
- Parsauna1,014 people
- Karauda1,006 people
- Garhawa1,003 people
- Purainia978 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khantara?1,037 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khantara in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Khantara?67.7% (Census 2011)