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

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Village · Derapur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Mahua

Mahua is a village in Derapur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,762 people in 347 households**, the 54th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 1,762people (2011)
- 347households
- 74.0%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahua

Of every 100 households in Mahua in 2011, 17 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahua · ■ Derapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

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

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****75%**

**62%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**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 Mahua?

■ Mahua · ■ Derapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**903

Working population ****29.6%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 64.3% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (18%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 103 (20%) · **■** Marginal 144 (28%)

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

- Sabalpur1,892 people
- Bacheet Jasoo1,863 people
- Biriya Derapur1,809 people
- Khalla1,783 people
- Baragaon Bhikkhi1,756 people
- Hara Mau1,731 people
- Bharawal1,711 people
- Kudhawal1,697 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahua?1,762 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahua in?Kanpur Dehat district (Derapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahua?74.0% (Census 2011)