# Gahaji Village, Burhanpur, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Burhanpur, Azamgarh 

# Gahaji

Gahaji is a village in Burhanpur sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,442 people in 528 households**, the 14th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 3,442people (2011)
- 528households
- 77.6%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahaji

Of every 100 households in Gahaji in 2011, 1 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gahaji · ■ Burhanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****72%**

**85%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Gahaji?

■ Gahaji · ■ Burhanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**1036

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**920

Working population ****34.0%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 68.3% for women. 42% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 218 (19%) · **■** Marginal 808 (69%)

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 Burhanpur

- Ratuwapar3,894 people
- Abhaipur3,765 people
- Gajandhar Patti Bhedaura3,602 people
- Sherwa3,554 people
- Kauria3,414 people
- Jalalpur3,336 people
- Kusmhara3,258 people
- Gaura3,202 people

[All 489 villages in Burhanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/burhanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahaji?3,442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahaji in?Azamgarh district (Burhanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahaji?77.6% (Census 2011)