# Ghongapur Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Ghongapur

Ghongapur is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,708 people in 285 households**, the 132nd largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 1,708people (2011)
- 285households
- 73.2%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghongapur

Of every 100 households in Ghongapur in 2011, 60 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghongapur · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**79%

Tap water ****10%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**86%

Use banking services ****58%**

**69%

Television ****36%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**21%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**7%

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 Ghongapur?

■ Ghongapur · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**926

Working population ****30.8%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 59.6% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 34 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (4%) · **■** Household industry 28 (5%) · **■** Other work 216 (41%) · **■** Marginal 228 (43%)

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 Karchhana

- Dadari Ta. Naugawan1,759 people
- Menara1,735 people
- Baramar1,728 people
- Belwat1,710 people
- Kathuwa1,701 people
- Dhondhari1,671 people
- Belawa1,668 people
- Naraina1,654 people

[All 333 villages in Karchhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/karchhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghongapur?1,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghongapur in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghongapur?73.2% (Census 2011)