# Durvasa Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Durvasa

Durvasa is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,424 people in 507 households**, the 21st largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 3,424people (2011)
- 507households
- 70.1%literacy
- 1,087females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durvasa

Of every 100 households in Durvasa in 2011, 49 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Durvasa · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****64%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****80%**

**78%

Television ****31%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Durvasa?

■ Durvasa · ■ Nizamabad rural average

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

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1087**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**918

Working population ****22.3%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 58.5% for women. 35% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 96 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (17%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 82 (11%) · **■** Marginal 430 (56%)

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

- Madhsiya3,805 people
- Gosadi3,799 people
- Vanjeer Patti3,793 people
- Asadha3,654 people
- Dharnipur Bisayan3,322 people
- Badsara Aima3,242 people
- Sidha Sultanpur3,241 people
- Gandhuvai3,221 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durvasa?3,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durvasa in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Durvasa?70.1% (Census 2011)