# Raksa Village, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar 

# Raksa

Raksa is a village in Shohratgarh sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **481 people in 77 households**, the 279th largest of 351 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.5%.

- 481people (2011)
- 77households
- 62.3%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raksa

Of every 100 households in Raksa in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raksa · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****11%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**79%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**11%

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 Raksa?

■ Raksa · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**57.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**928

Working population ****40.7%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 43.1% for women. 42% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 189 (96%)

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 Shohratgarh

- Bhadaw509 people
- Maharatha503 people
- Madhawapur493 people
- Deorawa488 people
- Kusumhar479 people
- Bukaniha Khalasa478 people
- Marawatiya Kurmi478 people
- Gonchaura477 people

[All 366 villages in Shohratgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/shohratgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raksa?481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raksa in?Siddharthnagar district (Shohratgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Raksa?62.3% (Census 2011)