# Gaura Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,672 people in 402 households**, the 40th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,672people (2011)
- 402households
- 74.2%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 6 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****22%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**52%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****93%**

**78%

Television ****17%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

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

**6%

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 · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**918

Working population ****15.9%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 59.9% for women. 24% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (30%) · **■** Marginal 91 (21%)

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 Nizamabad

- Pedra Gangapur2,720 people
- Wajirmalpur2,690 people
- Ora2,678 people
- Ambarpur2,673 people
- Pavailadpur2,637 people
- Sirsal2,591 people
- Mehmauni2,557 people
- Kharevan2,521 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?2,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?74.2% (Census 2011)