# Gorai Village, Iglas, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Iglas, Aligarh 

# Gorai

Gorai is a village in Iglas sub-district of Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **8,266 people in 1,365 households**, the 3rd largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 8,266people (2011)
- 1,365households
- 70.2%literacy
- 859females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorai

Of every 100 households in Gorai in 2011, 49 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorai · ■ Iglas rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****68%**

**73%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**25%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gorai?

■ Gorai · ■ Iglas rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****859**

**868

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****772**

**854

Working population ****32.0%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 54.6% for women. 44% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 826 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (5%) · **■** Household industry 49 (2%) · **■** Other work 388 (15%) · **■** Marginal 1,241 (47%)

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 Iglas

- Sathini13,099 people
- Tochhigarh8,925 people
- Majoopur Suvkara8,207 people
- Nagla Sabal Urf Gonda8,104 people
- Karas7,593 people
- Dhatauli7,468 people

[All 186 villages in Iglas](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/aligarh/iglas/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorai?8,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorai in?Aligarh district (Iglas sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorai?70.2% (Census 2011)