# Dewakalpur Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Dewakalpur

Dewakalpur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,950 people in 259 households**, the 115th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,950people (2011)
- 259households
- 67.8%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dewakalpur

Of every 100 households in Dewakalpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Dewakalpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**81%

Tap water ****7%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****81%**

**82%

Television ****32%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Dewakalpur?

■ Dewakalpur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**912

Working population ****33.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 53.5% for women. 39% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (8%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 401 (61%)

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 Kerakat

- Saroj Barewar1,982 people
- Thaur1,974 people
- Birampur1,973 people
- Kadahara1,971 people
- Lebrua1,931 people
- Parmanandpur1,923 people
- Kakrapar1,901 people
- Khathara1,891 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dewakalpur?1,950 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dewakalpur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dewakalpur?67.8% (Census 2011)