# Velwa Village, Itwa, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Itwa, Siddharthnagar 

# Velwa

Velwa is a village in Itwa sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,832 people in 328 households**, the 53rd largest of 433 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 1,832people (2011)
- 328households
- 64.9%literacy
- 1,143females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Velwa

Of every 100 households in Velwa in 2011, 26 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Velwa · ■ Itwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**45%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**94%

Use banking services ****65%**

**74%

Television ****16%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Velwa?

■ Velwa · ■ Itwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1143**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**935

Working population ****23.3%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 55.8% for women. 38% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (16%) · **■** Marginal 323 (76%)

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 Itwa

- Patna1,861 people
- Badhara Bishunpur1,858 people
- Sekhui Khurd Bujurg1,843 people
- Parsa1,841 people
- Babhani1,828 people
- Gangawal1,811 people
- Chagrihwa1,780 people
- Urwaliya1,775 people

[All 459 villages in Itwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/itwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Velwa?1,832 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Velwa in?Siddharthnagar district (Itwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Velwa?64.9% (Census 2011)