# Handia Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Handia

Handia is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,452 people in 563 households**, the 33rd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 3,452people (2011)
- 563households
- 68.4%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Handia

Of every 100 households in Handia in 2011, 37 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Handia · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**22%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****70%**

**73%

Television ****27%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Handia?

■ Handia · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**912

Working population ****31.3%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 55.9% for women. 41% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (10%) · **■** Household industry 63 (6%) · **■** Other work 374 (35%) · **■** Marginal 440 (41%)

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 Meja

- Mahewa Kala Uparhar3,661 people
- Pakari Sevar Uparhar3,581 people
- Sonai3,502 people
- Tisentulapur3,469 people
- Dohariya3,426 people
- Lehari3,323 people
- Nivauya3,292 people
- Tikri3,268 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Handia?3,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Handia in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Handia?68.4% (Census 2011)