# Gokanya Village, Mhow, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Mhow, Indore 

# Gokanya

Gokanya is a village in Mhow sub-district of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,402 people in 279 households**, the 40th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 1,402people (2011)
- 279households
- 71.3%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Gokanya PIN code and other codes

Gokanya falls in Mhow sub-district, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMhow
- Census village code476506

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

## How far is Gokanya from nearby towns?

- Indore (district HQ)16 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 Gokanya?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Gokanya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Indore
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Gokanya known for?

About 73% of the 587 hectares of village land is sown, and 145 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 Gokanya

Of every 100 households in Gokanya in 2011, 99 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gokanya · ■ Mhow rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**53%

Tap water ****20%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**68%

Use banking services ****28%**

**48%

Television ****45%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**32%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****30%**

**25%

Own their home ****70%**

**87%

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 Gokanya?

■ Gokanya · ■ Mhow rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**69.5%

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

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**929

Working population ****44.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 58.3% for women. 50% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 197 (31%) · **■** Marginal 235 (37%)

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 Mhow

- Shivnagar1,520 people
- Malendi1,453 people
- Panda1,422 people
- Kaneriya1,406 people
- Phafund1,394 people
- Mangalya1,382 people
- Durjanpura1,376 people
- Gavhalu1,360 people

[All 172 villages in Mhow](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/indore/mhow/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gokanya from Indore?16 km by road
- What is the population of Gokanya?1,402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gokanya in?Indore district (Mhow sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gokanya?71.3% (Census 2011)