# Dhowai Village, Karhal, Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Karhal, Mainpuri 

# Dhowai

Dhowai is a village in Karhal sub-district of Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,241 people in 246 households**, the 86th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,241people (2011)
- 246households
- 69.8%literacy
- 852females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhowai

Of every 100 households in Dhowai in 2011, 6 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhowai · ■ Karhal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**24%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****68%**

**63%

Television ****9%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dhowai?

■ Dhowai · ■ Karhal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****852**

**871

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**871

Working population ****28.6%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 55.3% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 255 (72%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (18%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 28 (8%)

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 Karhal

- Nagla Mateya1,298 people
- Marahamai1,295 people
- Jagannathpur1,266 people
- Gamhira1,250 people
- Garhia Jainpur1,233 people
- Jaothri1,224 people
- Gopalpur1,200 people
- Gopiyapur1,198 people

[All 186 villages in Karhal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mainpuri/karhal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhowai?1,241 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhowai in?Mainpuri district (Karhal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhowai?69.8% (Census 2011)