# Amarahat Village, Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat 

# Amarahat

Amarahat is a village in Sikandra sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,666 people in 287 households**, the 57th largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 1,666people (2011)
- 287households
- 70.1%literacy
- 823females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amarahat

Of every 100 households in Amarahat in 2011, 3 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amarahat · ■ Sikandra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****51%**

**70%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**15%

Own their home ****96%**

**98%

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 Amarahat?

■ Amarahat · ■ Sikandra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****823**

**858

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****743**

**890

Working population ****26.1%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 59.5% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 149 (34%) · **■** Marginal 123 (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 Sikandra

- Sahanipur1,692 people
- Ninhaura1,685 people
- Sandna1,685 people
- Bishalpur1,680 people
- Raraunkh1,644 people
- Maheshpur1,632 people
- Gurdahi Bujurg1,604 people
- Naiplapur1,566 people

[All 211 villages in Sikandra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/sikandra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amarahat?1,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amarahat in?Kanpur Dehat district (Sikandra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amarahat?70.1% (Census 2011)