# Dekahi Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Dekahi

Dekahi is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,047 people in 343 households**, the 235th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,047people (2011)
- 343households
- 71.2%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dekahi

Of every 100 households in Dekahi in 2011, 18 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dekahi · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**80%

Tap water ****6%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****85%**

**84%

Television ****32%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dekahi?

■ Dekahi · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**928

Working population ****47.1%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 55.4% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 840 (87%)

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 Maharajganj

- Majhaua2,079 people
- Shikarpur2,078 people
- Vijaypur2,069 people
- Dharampur2,055 people
- Jagadishpur2,043 people
- Pokhar Bhinda2,043 people
- Laxmipur2,040 people
- Arbarahawa2,039 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dekahi?2,047 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dekahi in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dekahi?71.2% (Census 2011)