# Rikhipur Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Rikhipur

Rikhipur is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,362 people in 181 households**, the 256th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,362people (2011)
- 181households
- 70.7%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rikhipur

Of every 100 households in Rikhipur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rikhipur · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**73%

Television ****51%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Rikhipur?

■ Rikhipur · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**889

Working population ****37.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 53.7% for women. 51% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 87 (17%) · **■** Marginal 193 (37%)

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

- Holapur1,384 people
- Mirzapur1,381 people
- Devadahana1,380 people
- Samaha1,377 people
- Sevana1,354 people
- Uanakat1,353 people
- Chatpur Patti1,352 people
- Benipur1,350 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rikhipur?1,362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rikhipur in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rikhipur?70.7% (Census 2011)