# Dewakali Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Dewakali

Dewakali is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,367 people in 198 households**, the 100th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,367people (2011)
- 198households
- 75.8%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dewakali

Of every 100 households in Dewakali in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dewakali · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****4%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**81%

Television ****47%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dewakali?

■ Dewakali · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**70.1%

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

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**916

Working population ****36.9%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 67.4% for women. 39% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 109 (22%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 344 (68%)

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 Mehnagar

- Paliya Sofi Ganj1,437 people
- Muzaffarpur1,421 people
- Ramgarh1,390 people
- Kusmulia1,385 people
- Murarpur1,355 people
- Khajura1,326 people
- Jigini1,316 people
- Banawen1,297 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dewakali?1,367 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewakali in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dewakali?75.8% (Census 2011)