# Dhurrwan Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Dhurrwan

Dhurrwan is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,565 people in 255 households**, the 222nd largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,565people (2011)
- 255households
- 63.0%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhurrwan

Of every 100 households in Dhurrwan in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhurrwan · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**73%

Television ****9%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Dhurrwan?

■ Dhurrwan · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**889

Working population ****44.1%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 47.1% for women. 45% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 59 (9%) · **■** Other work 87 (13%) · **■** Marginal 438 (63%)

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

- Maksudna1,576 people
- Kasaunjha Urf Pure Raghai1,575 people
- Deva1,573 people
- Dighauta1,569 people
- Pure Gobai1,548 people
- Sindhaura Sorao1,533 people
- Gaoharpur Ta.Masari1,531 people
- Manikpur1,531 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhurrwan?1,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhurrwan in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhurrwan?63.0% (Census 2011)