# Gaura Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **700 people in 101 households**, the 239th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 700people (2011)
- 101households
- 69.7%literacy
- 837females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 68 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**85%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**8%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****87%**

**73%

Television ****47%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****837**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**912

Working population ****31.9%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 53.8% for women. 41% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 57 (26%) · **■** Marginal 122 (55%)

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 Meja

- Lohara715 people
- Jagepur714 people
- Bisari710 people
- Siki Khurd705 people
- Bela Chauhan699 people
- Hempur696 people
- Bharuhi694 people
- Chapaur693 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?69.7% (Census 2011)