# Mawaiya Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Mawaiya

Mawaiya is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,513 people in 371 households**, the 186th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 2,513people (2011)
- 371households
- 74.0%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mawaiya

Of every 100 households in Mawaiya in 2011, 27 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mawaiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**68%

Tap water ****12%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****82%**

**75%

Television ****36%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**21%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

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 Mawaiya?

■ Mawaiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**883

Working population ****33.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 61.1% for women. 44% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 330 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (4%) · **■** Household industry 55 (7%) · **■** Other work 163 (19%) · **■** Marginal 262 (31%)

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

- Latauni2,524 people
- Tala2,519 people
- Rampur Raisipur2,518 people
- Palahi Patti2,516 people
- Rajapur2,502 people
- Raghunathpur2,495 people
- Guria2,484 people
- Misripura2,483 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mawaiya?2,513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mawaiya in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mawaiya?74.0% (Census 2011)