# Maharupur Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Maharupur

Maharupur is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,431 people in 193 households**, the 244th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,431people (2011)
- 193households
- 65.6%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharupur

Of every 100 households in Maharupur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maharupur · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**85%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**73%

Television ****33%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Maharupur?

■ Maharupur · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**69.4%

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

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****675**

**889

Working population ****31.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 55.4% for women. 32% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 58 (13%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 20 (4%) · **■** Marginal 358 (80%)

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

- Dhanupur1,440 people
- Naharpur1,440 people
- Kajipur Ta. Utraon1,438 people
- Saryan Yusuf1,438 people
- Gurgoan1,426 people
- Bakhtiyara1,419 people
- Shahpur1,403 people
- Saripur1,400 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharupur?1,431 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharupur in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maharupur?65.6% (Census 2011)