# Yarke Village, Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar 

# Yarke

Yarke is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,651 people in 873 households**, the 2nd largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 5,651people (2011)
- 873households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Yarke

Of every 100 households in Yarke in 2011, 17 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Yarke · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**87%

Tap water ****13%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****70%**

**77%

Television ****12%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Yarke?

■ Yarke · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**943

Working population ****41.2%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 61.2% for women. 47% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 464 (20%) · **■** Household industry 343 (15%) · **■** Other work 350 (15%) · **■** Marginal 958 (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 Akbarpur

- Pratappur Chmurkha14,524 people
- Son Gaon5,579 people
- Tara Khurd5,544 people
- Bawana5,528 people
- Orang Nagar5,479 people

[All 306 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ambedkar-nagar/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Yarke?5,651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yarke in?Ambedkar Nagar district (Akbarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Yarke?72.2% (Census 2011)