# Dikshitpur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Dikshitpur

Dikshitpur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,338 people in 393 households**, the 66th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,338people (2011)
- 393households
- 81.0%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dikshitpur

Of every 100 households in Dikshitpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dikshitpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**72%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****83%**

**73%

Television ****51%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****38%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**8%

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 Dikshitpur?

■ Dikshitpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**902

Working population ****33.6%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 71.8% for women. 48% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 279 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (15%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 88 (11%) · **■** Marginal 288 (37%)

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 Chunar

- Bara Goan2,388 people
- Suraha2,371 people
- Bheri2,346 people
- Samadpur2,346 people
- Dhuria2,320 people
- Sahjani Kalan Khurd2,306 people
- Bairampur2,300 people
- Sonpur2,282 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dikshitpur?2,338 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dikshitpur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dikshitpur?81.0% (Census 2011)