# Gour Village, Maharajpur, Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajpur, Chhatarpur 

# Gour

Gour is a village in Maharajpur sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,447 people in 287 households**, the 23rd largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.8%.

- 1,447people (2011)
- 287households
- 67.6%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Gour PIN code and other codes

Gour falls in Maharajpur sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockNowgong
- Census village code457762

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gour from nearby towns?

- Maharajpur (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ)20 km by road
- Maharajpur (nearest town)9 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gour?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Gour; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gdhimalhara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Mharajpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nowgong
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gour known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and pea**. About 63% of the 333 hectares of village land is sown, and 163 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gour

Of every 100 households in Gour in 2011, 13 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gour · ■ Maharajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****24%**

**47%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Gour?

■ Gour · ■ Maharajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**58.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**883

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**891

Working population ****38.3%**

**46.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 55.6% for women. 50% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (6%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 330 (60%)

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 Maharajpur

- Bikora1,536 people
- Sindukhi1,514 people
- Nathpur1,508 people
- Malka1,497 people
- Matodha Besan1,422 people
- Gudara1,407 people
- Pur1,218 people
- Gursari1,201 people

[All 46 villages in Maharajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur/maharajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gour from Chhatarpur?20 km by road
- What is the population of Gour?1,447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gour in?Chhatarpur district (Maharajpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gour?67.6% (Census 2011)