# Gauraiya Kalan Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Gauraiya Kalan

Gauraiya Kalan is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,337 people in 189 households**, the 146th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,337people (2011)
- 189households
- 78.7%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauraiya Kalan

Of every 100 households in Gauraiya Kalan in 2011, 33 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Gauraiya Kalan · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****81%**

**73%

Television ****40%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gauraiya Kalan?

■ Gauraiya Kalan · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**912

Working population ****25.4%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 64.6% for women. 46% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 37 (11%) · **■** Marginal 290 (86%)

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

- Chorbana1,410 people
- Khoota1,402 people
- Kulbhasa1,373 people
- Pirhata Bisaura1,368 people
- Chaukatha Gaura1,329 people
- Son Barsa1,322 people
- Patehara1,315 people
- Dighalo1,306 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauraiya Kalan?1,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauraiya Kalan in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gauraiya Kalan?78.7% (Census 2011)