# Dhirjit Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Dhirjit

Dhirjit is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **881 people in 140 households**, the 214th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 881people (2011)
- 140households
- 72.0%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhirjit

Of every 100 households in Dhirjit in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhirjit · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****65%**

**83%

Television ****28%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Dhirjit?

■ Dhirjit · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****712**

**912

Working population ****41.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 58.9% for women. 51% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (63%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (8%) · **■** Marginal 81 (22%)

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

- Sultanipurw929 people
- Karoyi928 people
- Vithria920 people
- Atigawan900 people
- Gorhara880 people
- Amari877 people
- Agapur876 people
- Parsauli856 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhirjit?881 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhirjit in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhirjit?72.0% (Census 2011)