# Dhara Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Dhara

Dhara is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,491 people in 275 households**, the 114th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,491people (2011)
- 275households
- 60.2%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dhara

Of every 100 households in Dhara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dhara · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**90%

Use banking services ****77%**

**77%

Television ****30%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Dhara?

■ Dhara · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**916

Working population ****28.0%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 53.0% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 208 (50%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 74 (18%) · **■** Marginal 68 (16%)

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 Powayan

- Suheli1,509 people
- Khiriya Pathak1,507 people
- Jarmanau1,505 people
- Pasia Khera1,501 people
- Chandari1,490 people
- Shekhupur1,482 people
- Akhtyarpur Dhaukal1,476 people
- Ghat Bojh1,476 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dhara?1,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhara in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dhara?60.2% (Census 2011)