# Maldewa Village, Dudhi, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Dudhi, Sonbhadra 

# Maldewa

Maldewa is a village in Dudhi sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,097 people in 381 households**, the 80th largest of 279 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 2,097people (2011)
- 381households
- 75.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maldewa

Of every 100 households in Maldewa in 2011, 46 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maldewa · ■ Dudhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**93%

Use banking services ****64%**

**82%

Television ****33%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Maldewa?

■ Maldewa · ■ Dudhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**56.9%

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

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**939

Working population ****45.4%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 63.8% for women. 52% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (19%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 432 (45%) · **■** Marginal 263 (28%)

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 Dudhi

- Teraha2,212 people
- Fulawar2,198 people
- Gohara2,197 people
- Liladewa2,135 people
- Darihara2,095 people
- Dharsari2,059 people
- Ikadari2,058 people
- Ashanahar2,043 people

[All 291 villages in Dudhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/dudhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maldewa?2,097 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maldewa in?Sonbhadra district (Dudhi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Maldewa?75.6% (Census 2011)