# Virapur Dhowaha Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Virapur Dhowaha

Virapur Dhowaha is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,341 people in 250 households**, the 263rd largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,341people (2011)
- 250households
- 70.1%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Virapur Dhowaha

Of every 100 households in Virapur Dhowaha in 2011, 21 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Virapur Dhowaha · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**85%

Tap water ****13%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**24%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**73%

Television ****17%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Virapur Dhowaha?

■ Virapur Dhowaha · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**889

Working population ****21.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 59.5% for women. 38% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 207 (73%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (8%) · **■** Household industry 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 33 (12%) · **■** Marginal 13 (5%)

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

- Chatpur Patti1,352 people
- Benipur1,350 people
- Vikrampur1,348 people
- Khanapur1,342 people
- Mirpur1,340 people
- Saidaha Sathar1,333 people
- Sarai Sultanpur Urf Sarpoasbir1,327 people
- Sahila1,321 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Virapur Dhowaha?1,341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Virapur Dhowaha in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Virapur Dhowaha?70.1% (Census 2011)