# Dharaura Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Dharaura

Dharaura is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,755 people in 258 households**, the 132nd largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,755people (2011)
- 258households
- 72.9%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharaura

Of every 100 households in Dharaura in 2011, 33 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dharaura · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**93%

Use banking services ****41%**

**82%

Television ****56%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

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 Dharaura?

■ Dharaura · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****721**

**912

Working population ****26.7%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 62.8% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (13%) · **■** Household industry 37 (8%) · **■** Other work 131 (28%) · **■** Marginal 113 (24%)

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

- Ekauni1,784 people
- Binde1,777 people
- Bahiri1,769 people
- Deorai1,763 people
- Chakra1,750 people
- Suratpur1,750 people
- Ramgarh1,743 people
- Jagapur1,741 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharaura?1,755 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharaura in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dharaura?72.9% (Census 2011)