# Gurushikharan Village, Koil, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Koil, Aligarh 

# Gurushikharan

Gurushikharan is a village in Koil sub-district of Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,024 people in 489 households**, the 65th largest of 361 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.2%.

- 3,024people (2011)
- 489households
- 64.5%literacy
- 825females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurushikharan

Of every 100 households in Gurushikharan in 2011, 36 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gurushikharan · ■ Koil rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**73%

Tap water ****56%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**58%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**88%

Use banking services ****64%**

**65%

Television ****27%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Gurushikharan?

■ Gurushikharan · ■ Koil rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**68.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****825**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**880

Working population ****26.7%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 49.1% for women. 44% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 314 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (37%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (13%) · **■** Marginal 76 (9%)

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 Koil

- Alahdadpur3,111 people
- Bhelet Ramnagar3,089 people
- Bhakari Ahivasi3,082 people
- Nauhati3,041 people
- Bithana3,013 people
- Veerpur Chhabil Garhi3,007 people
- Jawan Vajidpur3,001 people
- Meerpur2,989 people

[All 371 villages in Koil](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/aligarh/koil/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurushikharan?3,024 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurushikharan in?Aligarh district (Koil sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurushikharan?64.5% (Census 2011)