# Gahwal Village, Allapur, Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Allapur, Ambedkar Nagar 

# Gahwal

Gahwal is a village in Allapur sub-district of Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,677 people in 266 households**, the 73rd largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,677people (2011)
- 266households
- 72.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahwal

Of every 100 households in Gahwal in 2011, 9 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gahwal · ■ Allapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**49%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**97%

Use banking services ****85%**

**85%

Television ****18%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**16%

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

**2%

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 Gahwal?

■ Gahwal · ■ Allapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****822**

**921

Working population ****43.1%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 60.8% for women. 51% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (14%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 125 (17%) · **■** Marginal 386 (53%)

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 Allapur

- Esaure Naserpur1,717 people
- Sultanpur Tappa Chahoda1,717 people
- Shahpur Ouraw1,696 people
- Rustampur1,690 people
- Tenuai Kala1,665 people
- Hafijpur Lagri1,648 people
- Kasdaha1,639 people
- Bhoura1,628 people

[All 472 villages in Allapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ambedkar-nagar/allapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahwal?1,677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahwal in?Ambedkar Nagar district (Allapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahwal?72.4% (Census 2011)