# Gahuni Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Gahuni

Gahuni is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,303 people in 372 households**, the 52nd largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,303people (2011)
- 372households
- 74.4%literacy
- 1,125females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahuni

Of every 100 households in Gahuni in 2011, 20 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gahuni · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**44%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****77%**

**81%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gahuni?

■ Gahuni · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1125**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**916

Working population ****37.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 63.9% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (7%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 128 (15%) · **■** Marginal 432 (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 Mehnagar

- Dama2,397 people
- Pitthaurpur2,375 people
- Hasanpur2,350 people
- Malpar2,315 people
- Basupur2,266 people
- Aira Khurd2,225 people
- Umari Ganeshpur2,200 people
- Asausa2,178 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahuni?2,303 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahuni in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahuni?74.4% (Census 2011)