# Dhensa Village, Rudhauli, Basti (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Rudhauli, Basti 

# Dhensa

Dhensa is a village in Rudhauli sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,394 people in 198 households**, the 30th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 1,394people (2011)
- 198households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhensa

Of every 100 households in Dhensa in 2011, 14 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhensa · ■ Rudhauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****31%**

**38%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****94%**

**87%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dhensa?

■ Dhensa · ■ Rudhauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**945

Working population ****23.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 49.6% for women. 40% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (8%) · **■** Marginal 109 (34%)

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 Rudhauli

- Arda1,478 people
- Tegoadia1,473 people
- Chhatria1,459 people
- Bhusdi Urf Rai Nagar1,418 people
- Pada Kharhara1,367 people
- Khambha1,364 people
- Majhoykalan1,362 people
- Bheeta Ramseen1,359 people

[All 284 villages in Rudhauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/rudhauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhensa?1,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhensa in?Basti district (Rudhauli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhensa?60.8% (Census 2011)