# Dhakpura Village, Shikohabad, Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikohabad, Firozabad 

# Dhakpura

Dhakpura is a village in Shikohabad sub-district of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **543 people in 107 households**, the 251st largest of 280 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 543people (2011)
- 107households
- 67.4%literacy
- 847females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhakpura

Of every 100 households in Dhakpura in 2011, 12 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dhakpura · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****53%**

**56%

Television ****24%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**11%

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 Dhakpura?

■ Dhakpura · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****847**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**881

Working population ****27.3%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 51.2% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 120 (81%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (15%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Shikohabad

- Sekhupur Garhi560 people
- Aidalpur555 people
- Nagla Dilshah553 people
- Rithara553 people
- Dudharai542 people
- Garhrauli534 people
- Badaura503 people
- Dayagang502 people

[All 285 villages in Shikohabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/firozabad/shikohabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhakpura?543 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhakpura in?Firozabad district (Shikohabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhakpura?67.4% (Census 2011)