# Kosar Village, Mahmudabad, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mahmudabad, Sitapur 

# Kosar

Kosar is a village in Mahmudabad sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,319 people in 467 households**, the 67th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 2,319people (2011)
- 467households
- 60.8%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kosar

Of every 100 households in Kosar in 2011, 3 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kosar · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**8%

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

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**90%

Tap water ****1%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**80%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**14%

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 Kosar?

■ Kosar · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**56.7%

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

**881

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**943

Working population ****32.9%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.3% for men and 51.2% for women. 50% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 349 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (2%) · **■** Marginal 226 (30%)

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 Mahmudabad

- Misirkha2,394 people
- Angaraura2,368 people
- Bariyarpur2,342 people
- Tulsipur Kharika2,334 people
- Murtija Nagar2,306 people
- Baholal Nagar2,279 people
- Khal Gaon2,267 people
- Raipur2,254 people

[All 346 villages in Mahmudabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/mahmudabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kosar?2,319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kosar in?Sitapur district (Mahmudabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kosar?60.8% (Census 2011)