# Raikara Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Raikara

Raikara is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,943 people in 300 households**, the 36th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,943people (2011)
- 300households
- 42.6%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raikara

Of every 100 households in Raikara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raikara · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**85%

Television ****4%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Raikara?

■ Raikara · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.6%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**939

Working population ****46.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.0% for men and 35.7% for women. 55% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 304 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 231 (25%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (4%) · **■** Marginal 329 (36%)

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

- Darwan2,178 people
- Kotwa Pandey2,077 people
- Khatkharia2,037 people
- Nikarika1,960 people
- Raikari1,914 people
- Hardi Mishr1,913 people
- Dhanawal1,878 people
- Khutari1,877 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raikara?1,943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raikara in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Raikara?42.6% (Census 2011)