Village · Dhaurahara, Kheri
# Keshwa Purkalan

Keshwa Purkalan is a village in Dhaurahara sub-district of Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 2,584 people in 442 households, the 76th largest of 194 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 48.0%.
- 2,584 people (2011)
- 442 households
- 52.5% literacy
- 899 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keshwa Purkalan

Of every 100 households in Keshwa Purkalan in 2011, 13 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keshwa Purkalan · ■ Dhaurahara rural average
- Electricity for lighting 13% 5%
- Toilet within the home 17% 10%
- No toilet (open defecation) 83% 89%
- Tap water 22% 36%
- Drinking water within premises 77% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 16% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 84% 92%
- Use banking services 89% 75%
- Television 5% 9%
- Mobile phone 42% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 13% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 22% 25%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Keshwa Purkalan?

■ Keshwa Purkalan · ■ Dhaurahara rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.5% 48.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 899 882
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 988 950
- Working population 34.0% 32.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.7% for men and 38.7% for women. 51% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 510 (58%) · ■ Farm labourers 95 (11%) · ■ Household industry 18 (2%) · ■ Other work 155 (18%) · ■ Marginal 100 (11%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dhaurahara
- Basaria 2,873 people
- Unchgaon 2,772 people
- Taki Kunda 2,771 people
- Maharia 2,625 people
- Dhundha Kalan 2,547 people
- Bhooshepur 2,503 people
- Mohammadapur 2,496 people
- Samar Dahri 2,461 people

All 210 villages in Dhaurahara

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Keshwa Purkalan? 2,584 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshwa Purkalan in? Kheri district (Dhaurahara sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Keshwa Purkalan? 52.5% (Census 2011)

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