# Dhankeshra Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Dhankeshra

Dhankeshra is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **699 people in 131 households**, the 434th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 699people (2011)
- 131households
- 70.5%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhankeshra

Of every 100 households in Dhankeshra in 2011, 41 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dhankeshra · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**29%

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

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****86%**

**73%

Television ****31%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Dhankeshra?

■ Dhankeshra · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**889

Working population ****24.6%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 52.8% for women. 41% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 10 (6%) · **■** Other work 87 (51%) · **■** Marginal 65 (38%)

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 Handia

- Dubhara Ta Sather710 people
- Bhagipur705 people
- Chak Hauda702 people
- Barua Bojh700 people
- Saidaha Ta. Utaraw699 people
- Chak Shudarshan683 people
- Mavaiya677 people
- Annaw676 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhankeshra?699 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhankeshra in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhankeshra?70.5% (Census 2011)