# Sahawabad Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Sahawabad

Sahawabad is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,631 people in 238 households**, the 329th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,631people (2011)
- 238households
- 68.3%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahawabad

Of every 100 households in Sahawabad in 2011, 60 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sahawabad · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

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

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**85%

Use banking services ****68%**

**75%

Television ****47%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**7%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Sahawabad?

■ Sahawabad · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**883

Working population ****25.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 60.1% for women. 42% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 370 (88%) · **■** Marginal 17 (4%)

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

- Kapsa1,681 people
- Lakhanpur1,669 people
- Panditpur1,664 people
- Mahrajpur1,658 people
- Har Ballabhpur1,616 people
- Mubarakpur1,614 people
- Rashulpur1,603 people
- Kurauli1,601 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahawabad?1,631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahawabad in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahawabad?68.3% (Census 2011)