# Dhanuan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Dhanuan

Dhanuan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **537 people in 83 households**, the 308th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 537people (2011)
- 83households
- 70.6%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanuan

Of every 100 households in Dhanuan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhanuan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****77%**

**83%

Television ****15%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dhanuan?

■ Dhanuan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**912

Working population ****21.4%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 55.6% for women. 40% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 108 (94%) · **■** Other work 6 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1 (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 Jakhania

- Bahera552 people
- Sukunpur552 people
- Jagdish Gurudatta544 people
- Zomalinpur541 people
- Fatimpur531 people
- Surhurpur Jayanti524 people
- Berukh Mat Sarai Danesh520 people
- Hamjapur Khas519 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanuan?537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanuan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanuan?70.6% (Census 2011)