# Dharikpur Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Dharikpur

Dharikpur is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,345 people in 337 households**, the 80th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,345people (2011)
- 337households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,081females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharikpur

Of every 100 households in Dharikpur in 2011, 9 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dharikpur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**20%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****31%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****95%**

**84%

Television ****28%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

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 Dharikpur?

■ Dharikpur · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1081**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**924

Working population ****32.4%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 59.5% for women. 44% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 103 (14%) · **■** Marginal 522 (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 Machhlishahr

- Deepakpur2,390 people
- Ram Nagar2,378 people
- Kururiya2,376 people
- Godhana2,375 people
- Jakhaniyan2,338 people
- Rampur Dan2,310 people
- Purwa2,280 people
- Khajurahat2,266 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharikpur?2,345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharikpur in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dharikpur?73.5% (Census 2011)