# Kohasi Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Kohasi

Kohasi is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,062 people in 277 households**, the 248th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 2,062people (2011)
- 277households
- 75.1%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kohasi

Of every 100 households in Kohasi in 2011, 49 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kohasi · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**68%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**13%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**75%

Television ****53%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**7%

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 Kohasi?

■ Kohasi · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**883

Working population ****36.6%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 63.6% for women. 46% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 176 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (4%) · **■** Household industry 121 (16%) · **■** Other work 350 (46%) · **■** Marginal 77 (10%)

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 Varanasi

- Lathiya2,082 people
- Kadipur Khurd2,080 people
- Tariya2,073 people
- Ganeshpur2,068 people
- Sultanpur2,060 people
- Varani2,052 people
- Blarampur2,051 people
- Lachapur2,051 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kohasi?2,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kohasi in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kohasi?75.1% (Census 2011)