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

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Village · Derapur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Paraukh

Paraukh is a village in Derapur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,360 people in 787 households**, the 10th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 4,360people (2011)
- 787households
- 78.1%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paraukh

Of every 100 households in Paraukh in 2011, 18 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paraukh · ■ Derapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**78%

Tap water ****11%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****59%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**16%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Paraukh?

■ Paraukh · ■ Derapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**903

Working population ****33.3%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 69.4% for women. 49% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 535 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 658 (45%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (5%) · **■** Marginal 170 (12%)

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

- Sargaon Bujurg5,034 people
- Bacheet Purwa4,971 people
- Sithmara4,701 people
- Chilauli4,376 people
- Lakshmanpur Pilakh4,277 people
- Nonari Bujurg3,842 people
- Ranepur Rasoolabad3,155 people
- Mudera Kinnar Singh3,045 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paraukh?4,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paraukh in?Kanpur Dehat district (Derapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Paraukh?78.1% (Census 2011)