# Dharahara Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Dharahara

Dharahara is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,265 people in 408 households**, the 77th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,265people (2011)
- 408households
- 72.2%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharahara

Of every 100 households in Dharahara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dharahara · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

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

**27%

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

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**87%

Use banking services ****62%**

**73%

Television ****23%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Dharahara?

■ Dharahara · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**885

Working population ****42.0%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 64.5% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 554 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 212 (22%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 156 (16%)

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 Kanpur

- Bipausi2,319 people
- Nakatoo2,307 people
- Patarsa2,294 people
- Gopal Pur2,270 people
- Kamalpur Narwal2,261 people
- Kataraghan Shyam2,192 people
- Mohammadpur2,191 people
- Nagapur2,141 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharahara?2,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharahara in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dharahara?72.2% (Census 2011)