Village · Ghanghata, Sant Kabir Nagar
# Marha Jot

Marha Jot is a village in Ghanghata sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 557 people in 96 households, the 314th largest of 534 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.
- 557 people (2011)
- 96 households
- 69.6% literacy
- 1,078 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marha Jot

Of every 100 households in Marha Jot in 2011, 15 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marha Jot · ■ Ghanghata rural average
- Electricity for lighting 15% 30%
- Toilet within the home 0% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 87%
- Tap water 37% 28%
- Drinking water within premises 54% 51%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 96%
- Use banking services 49% 85%
- Television 31% 20%
- Mobile phone 63% 72%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 19% 14%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 3%
- None of these assets 0% 8%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Marha Jot?

■ Marha Jot · ■ Ghanghata rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.6% 67.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1078 973
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 915 930
- Working population 26.2% 30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 55.7% for women. 47% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 11 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 4 (3%) · ■ Other work 2 (1%) · ■ Marginal 129 (88%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ghanghata
- Nagahara 564 people
- Dokera 563 people
- Belwa 557 people
- Jamuhat 557 people
- Marwatia 556 people
- Ajaw 555 people
- Chandipur 549 people
- Bishun Purwa 548 people

All 579 villages in Ghanghata

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Marha Jot? 557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marha Jot in? Sant Kabir Nagar district (Ghanghata sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Marha Jot? 69.6% (Census 2011)

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