# Gora Kasba Village, Kolaras, Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Kolaras, Shivpuri 

# Gora Kasba

Gora Kasba is a village in Kolaras sub-district of Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **942 people in 182 households**, the 46th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.7%.

- 942people (2011)
- 182households
- 49.2%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Gora Kasba PIN code and other codes

Gora Kasba falls in Kolaras sub-district, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKolaras
- Census village code455780

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

## How far is Gora Kasba from nearby towns?

- Kolaras (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Shivpuri (district HQ)27 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 Gora Kasba?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Gora Kasba; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gwalior
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Gora Kasba known for?

About 70% of the 459 hectares of village land is sown, and 96 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 Gora Kasba

Of every 100 households in Gora Kasba in 2011, 94 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gora Kasba · ■ Kolaras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****29%**

**32%

Television ****17%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**51%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gora Kasba?

■ Gora Kasba · ■ Kolaras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.2%**

**55.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**881

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**911

Working population ****53.5%**

**44.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.9% for men and 35.5% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (40%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (10%) · **■** Marginal 103 (20%)

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 Kolaras

- Makrara992 people
- Kulwara990 people
- Aree980 people
- Bhati970 people
- Bersiya939 people
- Keldhar936 people
- Dodahai928 people
- Pachawala901 people

[All 215 villages in Kolaras](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shivpuri/kolaras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gora Kasba from Shivpuri?27 km by road
- What is the population of Gora Kasba?942 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gora Kasba in?Shivpuri district (Kolaras sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gora Kasba?49.2% (Census 2011)