# Dhakpura Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Dhakpura

Dhakpura is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **553 people in 97 households**, the 180th largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 553people (2011)
- 97households
- 84.6%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakpura

Of every 100 households in Dhakpura in 2011, 18 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dhakpura · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

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

**29%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**91%

Use banking services ****69%**

**61%

Television ****38%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Dhakpura?

■ Dhakpura · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**851

Working population ****42.0%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 76.2% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 73 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (15%) · **■** Other work 35 (15%) · **■** Marginal 90 (39%)

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 Khurja

- Shahtajpur Bhal584 people
- Ahmadpur Halpura569 people
- Auranga562 people
- Paharpur562 people
- Jahidpur Khurd541 people
- Mohammadpur Urf Bhogpur435 people
- Suratpur Khurd433 people
- Sikandarpur257 people

[All 191 villages in Khurja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/khurja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakpura?553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakpura in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakpura?84.6% (Census 2011)