# Rajnahiya Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Rajnahiya

Rajnahiya is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,332 people in 213 households**, the 400th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,332people (2011)
- 213households
- 71.2%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajnahiya

Of every 100 households in Rajnahiya in 2011, 34 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rajnahiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**28%

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

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****59%**

**75%

Television ****27%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**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 Rajnahiya?

■ Rajnahiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****684**

**883

Working population ****21.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 59.8% for women. 36% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (62%) · **■** Marginal 48 (17%)

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

- Shahpur1,342 people
- Chitaipur1,341 people
- Tekari1,340 people
- Bharatpur1,337 people
- Zafarabad1,328 people
- Saraiya1,322 people
- Hariharpur1,320 people
- Kakalpur1,312 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajnahiya?1,332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnahiya in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnahiya?71.2% (Census 2011)