# Biherka Village, Maudaha, Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maudaha, Hamirpur 

# Biherka

Biherka is a village in Maudaha sub-district of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,167 people in 344 households**, the 55th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.8%.

- 2,167people (2011)
- 344households
- 80.1%literacy
- 841females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biherka

Of every 100 households in Biherka in 2011, 56 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Biherka · ■ Maudaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****42%**

**75%

Television ****26%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Biherka?

■ Biherka · ■ Maudaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**67.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****841**

**854

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**894

Working population ****28.8%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 71.3% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 196 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 356 (57%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (8%) · **■** Marginal 17 (3%)

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 Maudaha

- Perehta2,284 people
- Tikri Buzurg2,272 people
- Lodipur Jalalpur2,261 people
- Bharkhri2,234 people
- Madarpur2,162 people
- Gurdaha2,108 people
- Bamhrauli2,106 people
- Laraund2,088 people

[All 176 villages in Maudaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hamirpur/maudaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biherka?2,167 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biherka in?Hamirpur district (Maudaha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Biherka?80.1% (Census 2011)