# Gorapur Village, Phulpur, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Phulpur, Allahabad 

# Gorapur

Gorapur is a village in Phulpur sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,323 people in 223 households**, the 230th largest of 503 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,323people (2011)
- 223households
- 72.8%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorapur

Of every 100 households in Gorapur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gorapur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**79%

Tap water ****17%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****99%**

**75%

Television ****46%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

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 Gorapur?

■ Gorapur · ■ Phulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**904

Working population ****31.9%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 58.1% for women. 42% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (8%) · **■** Household industry 18 (4%) · **■** Other work 51 (12%) · **■** Marginal 241 (57%)

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 Phulpur

- Chakerbhanpur Urf Chakiya1,350 people
- Lilapur Khurd1,345 people
- Chaq Husaina Urf Chor Kariya1,334 people
- Jirat Matan1,333 people
- Kanauja Khurd1,319 people
- Ramaepur1,319 people
- Sudanipur Khurd1,312 people
- Rataura1,306 people

[All 560 villages in Phulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/phulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorapur?1,323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorapur in?Allahabad district (Phulpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorapur?72.8% (Census 2011)