# Peduka Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Peduka

Peduka is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 82 households**, the 613th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 637people (2011)
- 82households
- 71.1%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Peduka

Of every 100 households in Peduka in 2011, 35 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Peduka · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**85%

Use banking services ****72%**

**75%

Television ****27%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

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 Peduka?

■ Peduka · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****741**

**883

Working population ****68.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 61.9% for women. 70% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (4%) · **■** Household industry 148 (34%) · **■** Other work 89 (20%) · **■** Marginal 114 (26%)

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

- Birapur646 people
- Tariya643 people
- Looth Khurd641 people
- Amaulia640 people
- Khillupura628 people
- Saraiya626 people
- Bhuilaee622 people
- Kharagraipur621 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Peduka?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Peduka in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Peduka?71.1% (Census 2011)