Village · Salempur, Deoria
# Pura Dakhila

Pura Dakhila is a village in Salempur sub-district of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,324 people in 230 households, the 129th largest of 471 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.9%.
- 1,324 people (2011)
- 230 households
- 73.5% literacy
- 1,135 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pura Dakhila

Of every 100 households in Pura Dakhila in 2011, 34 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pura Dakhila · ■ Salempur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 34% 31%
- Toilet within the home 26% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 74% 80%
- Tap water 3% 19%
- Drinking water within premises 63% 61%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 8% 13%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 87%
- Use banking services 95% 83%
- Television 34% 22%
- Mobile phone 72% 78%
- Computer with internet 2% 1%
- Two-wheeler 23% 17%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 7% 8%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pura Dakhila?

■ Pura Dakhila · ■ Salempur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.5% 72.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1135 1040
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 824 922
- Working population 28.9% 26.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 60.7% for women. 35% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 38 (10%) · ■ Farm labourers 11 (3%) · ■ Household industry 11 (3%) · ■ Other work 64 (17%) · ■ Marginal 259 (68%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Salempur
- Jamua 1,355 people
- Kurmouta 1,354 people
- Birni 1,349 people
- Doomri 1,341 people
- Chandpalia 1,323 people
- Khirsar 1,294 people
- Raksa 1,284 people
- Birajmal 1,281 people

All 522 villages in Salempur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Pura Dakhila? 1,324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pura Dakhila in? Deoria district (Salempur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pura Dakhila? 73.5% (Census 2011)

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