# Dera Musi Village, Sohawal, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sohawal, Faizabad 

# Dera Musi

Dera Musi is a village in Sohawal sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,124 people in 363 households**, the 63rd largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 2,124people (2011)
- 363households
- 66.7%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dera Musi

Of every 100 households in Dera Musi in 2011, 21 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dera Musi · ■ Sohawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**77%

Tap water ****1%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****99%**

**86%

Television ****13%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Dera Musi?

■ Dera Musi · ■ Sohawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**941

Working population ****23.1%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 56.5% for women. 44% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (5%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 81 (16%) · **■** Marginal 318 (65%)

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

- Kandaila2,252 people
- Kaliyan Pur Bhaderash2,228 people
- Ibrahimpur Dewali Uparhar2,213 people
- Usru Amauna2,157 people
- Raithuwa2,117 people
- Tahasin Pur2,101 people
- Gauhaniya Saloni2,025 people
- Pipri2,010 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dera Musi?2,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dera Musi in?Faizabad district (Sohawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dera Musi?66.7% (Census 2011)