# Ahikaura Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Ahikaura

Ahikaura is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,312 people in 613 households**, the 18th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 4,312people (2011)
- 613households
- 68.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ahikaura

Of every 100 households in Ahikaura in 2011, 8 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ahikaura · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****72%**

**77%

Television ****20%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ahikaura?

■ Ahikaura · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**911

Working population ****38.5%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 56.2% for women. 48% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 429 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (11%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (9%) · **■** Marginal 898 (54%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Tanda Kalan4,644 people
- Maheshua4,568 people
- Bamhniya Rampur4,507 people
- Fesura4,375 people
- Kharan4,218 people
- Kaithi4,165 people
- Jamunipur3,950 people
- Torwan3,927 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ahikaura?4,312 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ahikaura in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ahikaura?68.9% (Census 2011)