# Dihwa Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Dihwa

Dihwa is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,498 people in 208 households**, the 361st largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,498people (2011)
- 208households
- 76.0%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dihwa

Of every 100 households in Dihwa in 2011, 29 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Dihwa · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**68%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**75%

Television ****44%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Dihwa?

■ Dihwa · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**883

Working population ****38.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 63.2% for women. 52% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 355 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (17%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 75 (13%)

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 Varanasi

- Maniyari Pur1,510 people
- Singhpur1,509 people
- Panihari1,504 people
- Sonbarsa1,501 people
- Gosaipur Pathkhuli1,493 people
- Bhadarasi1,486 people
- Bhawanipur1,478 people
- Sinhorwa1,473 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dihwa?1,498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dihwa in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dihwa?76.0% (Census 2011)