# Akaru Village, Derapur, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Derapur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Akaru

Akaru is a village in Derapur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,609 people in 488 households**, the 25th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 2,609people (2011)
- 488households
- 73.0%literacy
- 861females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akaru

Of every 100 households in Akaru in 2011, 3 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Akaru · ■ Derapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****62%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**62%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**16%

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 Akaru?

■ Akaru · ■ Derapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****861**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**903

Working population ****30.7%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 64.9% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 416 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 161 (20%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (4%) · **■** Marginal 184 (23%)

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 Derapur

- Dilauliya2,712 people
- Amauli Thakuran2,638 people
- Bacheet Bharthu2,633 people
- Shahpur Derapur2,627 people
- Mugishapur2,581 people
- Banipara Jinai2,534 people
- Aurangabad Dalchand2,510 people
- Kudauli Madauli2,470 people

[All 147 villages in Derapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/derapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akaru?2,609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akaru in?Kanpur Dehat district (Derapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Akaru?73.0% (Census 2011)