# Pilakhini Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Pilakhini

Pilakhini is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,516 people in 278 households**, the 227th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,516people (2011)
- 278households
- 64.2%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pilakhini

Of every 100 households in Pilakhini in 2011, 18 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pilakhini · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**85%

Tap water ****66%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**24%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****82%**

**73%

Television ****15%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Pilakhini?

■ Pilakhini · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****855**

**889

Working population ****28.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 50.2% for women. 44% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (16%) · **■** Household industry 15 (4%) · **■** Other work 125 (29%) · **■** Marginal 95 (22%)

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

- Pure Gobai1,548 people
- Sindhaura Sorao1,533 people
- Gaoharpur Ta.Masari1,531 people
- Manikpur1,531 people
- Dayalapur1,507 people
- Bhadari1,505 people
- Kihuni1,497 people
- Kasaiyauar1,489 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pilakhini?1,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pilakhini in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pilakhini?64.2% (Census 2011)