# Pokhar Bhitawa Village, Mehdawal – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Pokhar Bhitawa

Pokhar Bhitawa is a village in Mehdawal sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,539 people in 174 households**, the 76th largest of 454 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 1,539people (2011)
- 174households
- 60.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pokhar Bhitawa

Of every 100 households in Pokhar Bhitawa in 2011, 60 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pokhar Bhitawa · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**89%

Tap water ****99%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****78%**

**78%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Pokhar Bhitawa?

■ Pokhar Bhitawa · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**60.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**941

Working population ****16.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 47.6% for women. 22% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 63 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (8%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 158 (64%)

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 Mehdawal

- Goithaha1,572 people
- Bajahi1,569 people
- Paratap Pur1,561 people
- Jhuria1,555 people
- Baraiepur1,535 people
- Kauwathor1,512 people
- Imilia1,511 people
- Amar Dobha1,508 people

[All 518 villages in Mehdawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/mehdawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pokhar Bhitawa?1,539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokhar Bhitawa in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Mehdawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pokhar Bhitawa?60.2% (Census 2011)