# Kakarahiya Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Kakarahiya

Kakarahiya is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,099 people in 157 households**, the 463rd largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,099people (2011)
- 157households
- 76.8%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakarahiya

Of every 100 households in Kakarahiya in 2011, 37 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kakarahiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****87%**

**75%

Television ****47%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**7%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kakarahiya?

■ Kakarahiya · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**883

Working population ****62.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 62.5% for women. 66% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 204 (30%) · **■** Marginal 388 (56%)

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

- Baherwa1,119 people
- Bankat1,112 people
- Ghatmpur1,100 people
- Basdevpur1,099 people
- Odarha1,096 people
- Bhikhipur1,093 people
- Pura Ghurshah1,093 people
- Dhobahi1,092 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakarahiya?1,099 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakarahiya in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kakarahiya?76.8% (Census 2011)