# Dostpur Village, Maharajganj, Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Rae Bareli 

# Dostpur

Dostpur is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,790 people in 315 households**, the 94th largest of 203 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 1,790people (2011)
- 315households
- 78.2%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dostpur

Of every 100 households in Dostpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dostpur · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**81%

Tap water ****43%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**78%

Television ****31%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**10%

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 Dostpur?

■ Dostpur · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**933

Working population ****28.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 66.7% for women. 45% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (13%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 67 (13%) · **■** Marginal 314 (61%)

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

- Bahuda Khurd1,852 people
- Para Khurd1,848 people
- Oee1,829 people
- Saroura1,824 people
- Majhigawan1,782 people
- Jalalpur1,742 people
- Uchauri1,742 people
- Kalui Khera1,734 people

[All 203 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/rae-bareli/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dostpur?1,790 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dostpur in?Rae Bareli district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dostpur?78.2% (Census 2011)