# Dehwan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Dehwan

Dehwan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,063 people in 163 households**, the 182nd largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,063people (2011)
- 163households
- 72.1%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dehwan

Of every 100 households in Dehwan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dehwan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**83%

Television ****31%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dehwan?

■ Dehwan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**912

Working population ****35.2%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 59.5% for women. 44% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 207 (55%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (7%) · **■** Marginal 32 (9%)

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 Jakhania

- Khuthi1,077 people
- Matuk Pur1,076 people
- Katauli1,069 people
- Bhala Buzurg1,064 people
- Kritsingh Pur1,058 people
- Tandwa Tappa Jalalabad1,055 people
- Budhan Pur1,043 people
- Hodarpur1,024 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dehwan?1,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dehwan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dehwan?72.1% (Census 2011)