# Dhurehra Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Dhurehra

Dhurehra is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,483 people in 244 households**, the 117th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,483people (2011)
- 244households
- 70.1%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhurehra

Of every 100 households in Dhurehra in 2011, 9 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhurehra · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**34%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**83%

Television ****20%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Dhurehra?

■ Dhurehra · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**912

Working population ****56.1%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 56.6% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 186 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (7%) · **■** Marginal 572 (69%)

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

- Kudila1,504 people
- Sahabpur1,504 people
- Kanuwan1,502 people
- Chokari1,483 people
- Araji Khuthan Urf Parsonia1,477 people
- Chak Fatima Urf Bairak1,470 people
- Khaje Pur1,468 people
- Ebrahimpur1,453 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhurehra?1,483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhurehra in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhurehra?70.1% (Census 2011)