# Dhakkapur Village, Salempur, Deoria (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Salempur, Deoria 

# Dhakkapur

Dhakkapur is a village in Salempur sub-district of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **910 people in 149 households**, the 201st largest of 471 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.9%.

- 910people (2011)
- 149households
- 79.4%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakkapur

Of every 100 households in Dhakkapur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dhakkapur · ■ Salempur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**31%

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

**19%

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

**80%

Tap water ****7%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**87%

Use banking services ****79%**

**83%

Television ****31%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Dhakkapur?

■ Dhakkapur · ■ Salempur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**72.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**922

Working population ****26.4%**

**26.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 67.0% for women. 43% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (26%) · **■** Marginal 136 (57%)

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 Salempur

- Dhobi939 people
- Kauria Kazi934 people
- Babhani929 people
- Mahui Pandey919 people
- Majhouha896 people
- Musaila Khurd895 people
- Paran Chapara894 people
- Kauria Jairam881 people

[All 522 villages in Salempur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/deoria/salempur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakkapur?910 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakkapur in?Deoria district (Salempur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakkapur?79.4% (Census 2011)