# Bhikhan Pur Village, Sohawal, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sohawal, Faizabad 

# Bhikhan Pur

Bhikhan Pur is a village in Sohawal sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,119 people in 186 households**, the 116th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,119people (2011)
- 186households
- 73.8%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhikhan Pur

Of every 100 households in Bhikhan Pur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhikhan Pur · ■ Sohawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**77%

Tap water ****4%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**90%

Use banking services ****97%**

**86%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**17%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****0%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Bhikhan Pur?

■ Bhikhan Pur · ■ Sohawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**70.3%

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

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**941

Working population ****30.7%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 60.7% for women. 44% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (15%) · **■** Marginal 268 (78%)

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 Sohawal

- Agethua1,227 people
- Sufiya Para1,199 people
- Nazibpur1,198 people
- Rampur Grant1,192 people
- Ragghoopur1,103 people
- Dharamdaspur1,089 people
- Dinkar Pur1,083 people
- Ismil Nagar Sirohi Uparhar1,074 people

[All 158 villages in Sohawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/sohawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhikhan Pur?1,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikhan Pur in?Faizabad district (Sohawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikhan Pur?73.8% (Census 2011)