# Bara Gahan Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Azamgarh 

# Bara Gahan

Bara Gahan is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,610 people in 413 households**, the 45th largest of 517 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 2,610people (2011)
- 413households
- 67.9%literacy
- 1,101females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Gahan

Of every 100 households in Bara Gahan in 2011, 13 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bara Gahan · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****41%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****71%**

**79%

Television ****25%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bara Gahan?

■ Bara Gahan · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1101**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**913

Working population ****21.3%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 58.6% for women. 39% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 119 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 75 (13%) · **■** Marginal 277 (50%)

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 Lalganj

- Bheera2,811 people
- Kaithi Shankarpur2,699 people
- Bhulandih2,672 people
- Rampur Katharawa2,642 people
- Basahi2,606 people
- Mamsirpur2,597 people
- Bahadurpur2,573 people
- Awadah Khas2,537 people

[All 559 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Gahan?2,610 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Gahan in?Azamgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Gahan?67.9% (Census 2011)