# Maharia Village, Dhaurahara, Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhaurahara, Kheri 

# Maharia

Maharia is a village in Dhaurahara sub-district of Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,625 people in 656 households**, the 75th largest of 194 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 48.0%.

- 2,625people (2011)
- 656households
- 43.3%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharia

Of every 100 households in Maharia in 2011, 8 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maharia · ■ Dhaurahara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**92%

Use banking services ****86%**

**75%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Maharia?

■ Maharia · ■ Dhaurahara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.3%**

**48.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**950

Working population ****29.4%**

**32.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.0% for men and 32.4% for women. 48% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 250 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 352 (46%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (10%) · **■** Marginal 83 (11%)

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 Dhaurahara

- Mall Behar2,882 people
- Basaria2,873 people
- Unchgaon2,772 people
- Taki Kunda2,771 people
- Keshwa Purkalan2,584 people
- Dhundha Kalan2,547 people
- Bhooshepur2,503 people
- Mohammadapur2,496 people

[All 210 villages in Dhaurahara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kheri/dhaurahara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharia?2,625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharia in?Kheri district (Dhaurahara sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maharia?43.3% (Census 2011)