# Goura Village, Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar 

# Goura

Goura is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,434 people in 186 households**, the 119th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,434people (2011)
- 186households
- 73.5%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goura

Of every 100 households in Goura in 2011, 25 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goura · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****15%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****89%**

**77%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**5%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Goura?

■ Goura · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**943

Working population ****34.7%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 61.1% for women. 47% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 179 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (39%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 109 (22%)

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 Akbarpur

- Jallapur Masatha1,462 people
- Dhadhu Pur1,449 people
- Samaspur Raghunath Pur1,445 people
- Gayanpur1,437 people
- Umarpur1,425 people
- Panju Pur1,411 people
- Nanuva1,410 people
- Sultanpur Tulsepur1,404 people

[All 306 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ambedkar-nagar/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goura?1,434 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goura in?Ambedkar Nagar district (Akbarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Goura?73.5% (Census 2011)