# Dhowaha Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Dhowaha

Dhowaha is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,641 people in 643 households**, the 24th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 4,641people (2011)
- 643households
- 78.1%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhowaha

Of every 100 households in Dhowaha in 2011, 53 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dhowaha · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**94%

Use banking services ****74%**

**73%

Television ****43%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhowaha?

■ Dhowaha · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**889

Working population ****36.5%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 65.4% for women. 42% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 282 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (4%) · **■** Household industry 435 (26%) · **■** Other work 323 (19%) · **■** Marginal 583 (34%)

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

- Bazati4,801 people
- Ganeshipur Uperhar4,742 people
- Kahara4,733 people
- Malethuwa4,664 people
- Bajaha Mishran4,554 people
- Masarhi4,539 people
- Khanpur Danri4,536 people
- Asawa Dautapur4,506 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhowaha?4,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhowaha in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhowaha?78.1% (Census 2011)