# Raksha Village, Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Raksha

Raksha is a village in Mehdawal sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,100 people in 142 households**, the 139th largest of 454 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 1,100people (2011)
- 142households
- 77.6%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raksha

Of every 100 households in Raksha in 2011, 45 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raksha · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**19%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****61%**

**78%

Television ****22%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Raksha?

■ Raksha · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**60.7%

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

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**941

Working population ****29.7%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 64.1% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 154 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (48%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Samogar1,108 people
- Gauriria1,104 people
- Bhanpur Mafi1,101 people
- Pania1,100 people
- Bheemapar1,099 people
- Hakimrai1,096 people
- Budhi Belhar1,086 people
- Pirar Kalan1,084 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raksha?1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raksha in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Mehdawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Raksha?77.6% (Census 2011)