# Dhakia Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Dhakia

Dhakia is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,602 people in 281 households**, the 106th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 1,602people (2011)
- 281households
- 70.0%literacy
- 837females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakia

Of every 100 households in Dhakia in 2011, 13 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dhakia · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**52%

Tap water ****63%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**70%

Television ****35%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**19%

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 Dhakia?

■ Dhakia · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**917

Working population ****46.8%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 53.7% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (27%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 442 (59%)

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 Meerganj

- Diwna1,641 people
- Jatpura Urf Mugalpur1,641 people
- Kharseni1,616 people
- Dond Alampur1,613 people
- Paltha1,594 people
- Lakha1,523 people
- Sisaun Khera1,505 people
- Asad Nagar1,488 people

[All 244 villages in Meerganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakia?1,602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakia in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakia?70.0% (Census 2011)