# Gosourra Kala Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Gosourra Kala

Gosourra Kala is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,062 people in 187 households**, the 183rd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,062people (2011)
- 187households
- 79.9%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosourra Kala

Of every 100 households in Gosourra Kala in 2011, 61 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Gosourra Kala · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**85%

Tap water ****41%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**22%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**91%

Use banking services ****66%**

**73%

Television ****49%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gosourra Kala?

■ Gosourra Kala · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.9%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****703**

**912

Working population ****36.2%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 68.0% for women. 43% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (13%) · **■** Household industry 15 (4%) · **■** Other work 124 (32%) · **■** Marginal 129 (34%)

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

- Umapur Kalan1,089 people
- Kanewra1,073 people
- Mauhari Kalan1,066 people
- Diliya1,064 people
- Badhiyari Khurd1,053 people
- Fachkhara1,042 people
- Chaukhata Lachhan1,037 people
- Sirkhiri1,037 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosourra Kala?1,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosourra Kala in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gosourra Kala?79.9% (Census 2011)