Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur
# Dhaski

Dhaski is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,269 people in 186 households, the 96th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.
- 1,269 people (2011)
- 186 households
- 72.1% literacy
- 998 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhaski

Of every 100 households in Dhaski in 2011, 17 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Dhaski · ■ Bansgaon rural average
- Electricity for lighting 17% 34%
- Toilet within the home 22% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 78% 76%
- Tap water 0% 22%
- Drinking water within premises 43% 55%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 11%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 88%
- Use banking services 83% 81%
- Television 22% 29%
- Mobile phone 72% 74%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 17% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 5% 3%
- None of these assets 9% 10%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Dhaski?

■ Dhaski · ■ Bansgaon rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.1% 71.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 998 994
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 744 903
- Working population 27.4% 27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 60.3% for women. 45% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 48 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (1%) · ■ Other work 90 (26%) · ■ Marginal 205 (59%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bansgaon
- Kotiya Aman Singh 1,345 people
- Deokali 1,342 people
- Fulhar Khurd 1,337 people
- Chandauli Bujurg 1,284 people
- Mahasin 1,267 people
- Mehdiya 1,265 people
- Salarpur 1,254 people
- Katya 1,242 people

All 548 villages in Bansgaon

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Dhaski? 1,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhaski in? Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhaski? 72.1% (Census 2011)

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