Village · Handia, Allahabad
# Sarai Hoosay

Sarai Hoosay is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,385 people in 188 households, the 251st largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.
- 1,385 people (2011)
- 188 households
- 62.6% literacy
- 1,049 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarai Hoosay

Of every 100 households in Sarai Hoosay in 2011, 32 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sarai Hoosay · ■ Handia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 32% 29%
- Toilet within the home 13% 14%
- No toilet (open defecation) 87% 85%
- Tap water 5% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 26% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 87% 73%
- Television 28% 27%
- Mobile phone 74% 66%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 22% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 3%
- None of these assets 6% 8%
- Own their home 97% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sarai Hoosay?

■ Sarai Hoosay · ■ Handia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.6% 69.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1049 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1034 889
- Working population 27.4% 36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 49.4% for women. 41% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 53 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 204 (54%) · ■ Household industry 46 (12%) · ■ Other work 17 (4%) · ■ Marginal 59 (16%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Handia
- Shahpur 1,403 people
- Saripur 1,400 people
- Januwadih 1,398 people
- Ugapur 1,388 people
- Holapur 1,384 people
- Mirzapur 1,381 people
- Devadahana 1,380 people
- Samaha 1,377 people

All 625 villages in Handia

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sarai Hoosay? 1,385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarai Hoosay in? Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarai Hoosay? 62.6% (Census 2011)

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