# Sakhi Village, Ghanghata, Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghanghata, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Sakhi

Sakhi is a village in Ghanghata sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,852 people in 426 households**, the 24th largest of 534 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 2,852people (2011)
- 426households
- 62.7%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sakhi

Of every 100 households in Sakhi in 2011, 22 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sakhi · ■ Ghanghata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****46%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**51%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****47%**

**85%

Television ****17%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Sakhi?

■ Sakhi · ■ Ghanghata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**930

Working population ****34.0%**

**30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 50.5% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (12%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (4%) · **■** Marginal 806 (83%)

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 Ghanghata

- Bharwal Parbata3,158 people
- Baridiha2,918 people
- Kodwat2,918 people
- Ban Kauli Kalan2,891 people
- Taraiyapar2,820 people
- Asharafpur2,817 people
- Parjapatipur2,793 people
- Sonari2,729 people

[All 579 villages in Ghanghata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/ghanghata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sakhi?2,852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakhi in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Ghanghata sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sakhi?62.7% (Census 2011)