# Mawai Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Mawai

Mawai is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,019 people in 555 households**, the 26th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 3,019people (2011)
- 555households
- 61.0%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mawai

Of every 100 households in Mawai in 2011, 34 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mawai · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**28%

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

**12%

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

**86%

Tap water ****12%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****83%**

**83%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mawai?

■ Mawai · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**933

Working population ****44.0%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 47.3% for women. 47% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (0%) · **■** Household industry 42 (3%) · **■** Other work 25 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,221 (92%)

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 Gauriganj

- Shahgarh3,102 people
- Manjhwara3,074 people
- Anni Baijal3,063 people
- Kitiyawan3,044 people
- Nawada Kishun Garh2,977 people
- Barna Tikar2,927 people
- Kauhar2,859 people
- Gauri Pur2,690 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mawai?3,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mawai in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mawai?61.0% (Census 2011)