# Barikhas Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/barikhas/

Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Barikhas

Barikhas is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,491 people in 220 households**, the 126th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,491people (2011)
- 220households
- 75.4%literacy
- 1,173females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barikhas

Of every 100 households in Barikhas in 2011, 34 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barikhas · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**78%

Tap water ****74%**

**15%

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

**52%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****84%**

**78%

Television ****5%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

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 Barikhas?

■ Barikhas · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1173**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**918

Working population ****49.2%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 68.9% for women. 48% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (10%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 108 (15%) · **■** Marginal 421 (57%)

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 Nizamabad

- Sofipur1,527 people
- Khrati1,523 people
- Lachhehara1,497 people
- Kharchalpur1,492 people
- Sheewli1,459 people
- Shivrampur1,445 people
- Main Parpur1,439 people
- Maddhupur1,399 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barikhas?1,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barikhas in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barikhas?75.4% (Census 2011)