# Kesra Village, Dhanaura, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhanaura, Jyotiba Phule Nagar 

# Kesra

Kesra is a village in Dhanaura sub-district of Jyotiba Phule Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,851 people in 540 households**, the 20th largest of 288 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 2,851people (2011)
- 540households
- 62.0%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kesra

Of every 100 households in Kesra in 2011, 6 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kesra · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**60%

Tap water ****12%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**76%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****58%**

**80%

Television ****17%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**14%

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 Kesra?

■ Kesra · ■ Dhanaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**902

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****798**

**875

Working population ****41.9%**

**32.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.9% for men and 47.8% for women. 48% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 508 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 270 (23%) · **■** Household industry 47 (4%) · **■** Other work 121 (10%) · **■** Marginal 249 (21%)

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 Dhanaura

- Shahpur Urf Sahabpur3,154 people
- Dhanauree Meer3,069 people
- Papsari Khader2,930 people
- Kaural2,904 people
- Maheshra2,851 people
- Kaseruwa2,840 people
- Shareefpur Shumali2,625 people
- Jajruh2,622 people

[All 339 villages in Dhanaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jyotiba-phule-nagar/dhanaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kesra?2,851 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kesra in?Jyotiba Phule Nagar district (Dhanaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kesra?62.0% (Census 2011)