# Saripur Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Saripur

Saripur is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 182 households**, the 248th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 182households
- 78.8%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saripur

Of every 100 households in Saripur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saripur · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****17%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****82%**

**73%

Television ****32%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Saripur?

■ Saripur · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****968**

**889

Working population ****24.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 62.0% for women. 40% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Household industry 22 (6%) · **■** Other work 55 (16%) · **■** Marginal 214 (62%)

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

- Maharupur1,431 people
- Gurgoan1,426 people
- Bakhtiyara1,419 people
- Shahpur1,403 people
- Januwadih1,398 people
- Ugapur1,388 people
- Sarai Hoosay1,385 people
- Holapur1,384 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saripur?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saripur in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saripur?78.8% (Census 2011)