# Dharaun Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Dharaun

Dharaun is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,357 people in 415 households**, the 57th largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 2,357people (2011)
- 415households
- 64.3%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharaun

Of every 100 households in Dharaun in 2011, 29 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dharaun · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**29%

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

**70%

Tap water ****82%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**69%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****85%**

**61%

Television ****51%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dharaun?

■ Dharaun · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**851

Working population ****59.1%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 51.1% for women. 66% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 287 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 251 (18%) · **■** Household industry 157 (11%) · **■** Other work 425 (31%) · **■** Marginal 273 (20%)

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

- Badauli2,407 people
- Jarara2,407 people
- Baragaon2,401 people
- Dharpa Choharpur2,388 people
- Kaherola2,344 people
- Sikri2,344 people
- Bhadwan2,325 people
- Bartauli2,301 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharaun?2,357 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharaun in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dharaun?64.3% (Census 2011)