# Panihari Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Panihari

Panihari is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,504 people in 227 households**, the 359th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,504people (2011)
- 227households
- 76.1%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Panihari

Of every 100 households in Panihari in 2011, 53 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Panihari · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**68%

Tap water ****6%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**13%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****83%**

**75%

Television ****35%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**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 Panihari?

■ Panihari · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**883

Working population ****52.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 63.0% for women. 61% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 129 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (6%) · **■** Household industry 22 (3%) · **■** Other work 172 (22%) · **■** Marginal 414 (53%)

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

- Kasipur1,514 people
- Jariyari1,511 people
- Maniyari Pur1,510 people
- Singhpur1,509 people
- Sonbarsa1,501 people
- Dihwa1,498 people
- Gosaipur Pathkhuli1,493 people
- Bhadarasi1,486 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Panihari?1,504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panihari in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Panihari?76.1% (Census 2011)