# Dhanawal Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Dhanawal

Dhanawal is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,878 people in 373 households**, the 39th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,878people (2011)
- 373households
- 56.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhanawal

Of every 100 households in Dhanawal in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dhanawal · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****97%**

**85%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

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 Dhanawal?

■ Dhanawal · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1221**

**939

Working population ****39.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 45.5% for women. 46% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (2%) · **■** Marginal 659 (89%)

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 Marihan

- Nikarika1,960 people
- Raikara1,943 people
- Raikari1,914 people
- Hardi Mishr1,913 people
- Khutari1,877 people
- Sherua1,870 people
- Darhia1,851 people
- Khanhwar Majhari1,794 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhanawal?1,878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhanawal in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhanawal?56.4% (Census 2011)