# Desah Village, Karwi, Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Karwi, Chitrakoot 

# Desah

Desah is a village in Karwi sub-district of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **527 people in 79 households**, the 303rd largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 527people (2011)
- 79households
- 61.8%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Desah

Of every 100 households in Desah in 2011, 3 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Desah · ■ Karwi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**88%

Tap water ****5%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****80%**

**69%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Desah?

■ Desah · ■ Karwi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**873

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**907

Working population ****53.5%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 54.6% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 136 (48%)

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 Karwi

- Byas Warna567 people
- Barhat558 people
- Achur Nerua552 people
- Sikari Salis540 people
- Sekhapur511 people
- Dholbaja503 people
- Gurmaulla Bangar498 people
- Akbaria494 people

[All 441 villages in Karwi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chitrakoot/karwi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Desah?527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Desah in?Chitrakoot district (Karwi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Desah?61.8% (Census 2011)