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

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Village · Derapur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Sarkaura

Sarkaura is a village in Derapur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **990 people in 174 households**, the 98th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.

- 990people (2011)
- 174households
- 78.6%literacy
- 1,129females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarkaura

Of every 100 households in Sarkaura in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarkaura · ■ Derapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****55%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****38%**

**62%

Television ****32%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**16%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Sarkaura?

■ Sarkaura · ■ Derapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**75.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1129**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1218**

**903

Working population ****30.9%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 73.4% for women. 48% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 20 (7%) · **■** Marginal 217 (71%)

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

- Shahi1,078 people
- Murra1,060 people
- Mankapur Derapur1,051 people
- Guriyapur1,003 people
- Dundi Bari969 people
- Tidhwa940 people
- Mahrajpur929 people
- Malikpur Akaurhiya906 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarkaura?990 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarkaura in?Kanpur Dehat district (Derapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarkaura?78.6% (Census 2011)