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

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Village · Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Saurha

Saurha is a village in Mehdawal sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,282 people in 367 households**, the 36th largest of 454 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 2,282people (2011)
- 367households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saurha

Of every 100 households in Saurha in 2011, 32 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Saurha · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**94%

Use banking services ****98%**

**78%

Television ****41%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Saurha?

■ Saurha · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**60.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**941

Working population ****39.2%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 61.1% for women. 46% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 170 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (4%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 124 (14%) · **■** Marginal 532 (60%)

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

- Belauli2,402 people
- Seaichpar2,386 people
- Chhibra2,375 people
- Bardand2,313 people
- Bargadawa2,208 people
- Ramwapur2,205 people
- Melan Khurd Bujurg2,181 people
- Gagnaie Rao2,175 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saurha?2,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saurha in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Mehdawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saurha?72.2% (Census 2011)