# Gaura Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,873 people in 657 households**, the 7th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 4,873people (2011)
- 657households
- 67.7%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 40 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****32%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**44%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****62%**

**81%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**916

Working population ****23.3%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 58.7% for women. 34% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 283 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (16%) · **■** Household industry 37 (3%) · **■** Other work 294 (26%) · **■** Marginal 336 (30%)

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

- Visham Mirjapur6,321 people
- Deo Doot5,308 people
- Uchehuwa5,273 people
- Gopalpur4,987 people
- Bachhawal4,867 people
- Dharnipur Ranipur4,859 people
- Kamaharia4,735 people
- Ganjor4,176 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?4,873 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?67.7% (Census 2011)