# Gurgoan Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Gurgoan

Gurgoan is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,426 people in 224 households**, the 245th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,426people (2011)
- 224households
- 66.1%literacy
- 1,116females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurgoan

Of every 100 households in Gurgoan in 2011, 6 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gurgoan · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****66%**

**73%

Television ****35%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

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 Gurgoan?

■ Gurgoan · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1116**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**889

Working population ****31.1%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 51.1% for women. 38% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 196 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 36 (8%) · **■** Marginal 205 (46%)

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 Handia

- Naharpur1,440 people
- Kajipur Ta. Utraon1,438 people
- Saryan Yusuf1,438 people
- Maharupur1,431 people
- Bakhtiyara1,419 people
- Shahpur1,403 people
- Saripur1,400 people
- Januwadih1,398 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurgoan?1,426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurgoan in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurgoan?66.1% (Census 2011)