# Goraiya Village, Raghurajnagar, Satna (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Raghurajnagar, Satna 

# Goraiya

Goraiya is a village in Raghurajnagar sub-district of Satna district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,479 people in 276 households**, the 40th largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,479people (2011)
- 276households
- 64.9%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Goraiya PIN code and other codes

Goraiya falls in Raghurajnagar sub-district, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSatna
- Census village code462962

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

## How far is Goraiya from nearby towns?

- Satna (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Satna (district HQ)28 km by road
- Kothi (nearest town)8 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 Goraiya?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Goraiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 · Barhana
- ○Degree college10+ km · Satna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Satna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Goraiya known for?

About 20% of the 902 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Goraiya

Of every 100 households in Goraiya in 2011, 22 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goraiya · ■ Raghurajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**63%

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

**20%

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

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****15%**

**49%

Television ****7%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**25%

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 Goraiya?

■ Goraiya · ■ Raghurajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**914

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1078**

**908

Working population ****40.4%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 57.3% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 366 (61%) · **■** Household industry 24 (4%) · **■** Other work 53 (9%) · **■** Marginal 57 (10%)

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 Raghurajnagar

- Hati1,568 people
- Bhanwar1,551 people
- Phutaundha1,547 people
- Bela1,501 people
- Pondi1,479 people
- Bharjuna Kalan1,469 people
- Baboopur1,468 people
- Raipur1,416 people

[All 264 villages in Raghurajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/satna/raghurajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Goraiya from Satna?28 km by road
- What is the population of Goraiya?1,479 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goraiya in?Satna district (Raghurajnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Goraiya?64.9% (Census 2011)