# Pirkhir Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Pirkhir

Pirkhir is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,313 people in 603 households**, the 29th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 3,313people (2011)
- 603households
- 57.9%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirkhir

Of every 100 households in Pirkhir in 2011, 14 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pirkhir · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**72%

Tap water ****6%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****99%**

**73%

Television ****26%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

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 Pirkhir?

■ Pirkhir · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**902

Working population ****39.8%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 46.8% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 327 (25%) · **■** Household industry 34 (3%) · **■** Other work 263 (20%) · **■** Marginal 540 (41%)

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

- Kailahat3,719 people
- Pasahi3,702 people
- Ban Imlia3,596 people
- Kolana3,410 people
- Dhauha3,299 people
- Sikanderpur3,288 people
- Bagaha3,270 people
- Rampur Dhabahi3,257 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirkhir?3,313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirkhir in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pirkhir?57.9% (Census 2011)