# Gorshara Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Gorshara

Gorshara is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **598 people in 77 households**, the 562nd largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 598people (2011)
- 77households
- 73.0%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorshara

Of every 100 households in Gorshara in 2011, 10 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Gorshara · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****99%**

**91%

Television ****17%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**16%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

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 Gorshara?

■ Gorshara · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**928

Working population ****25.1%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 63.2% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 93 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 12 (8%) · **■** Other work 19 (13%) · **■** Marginal 25 (17%)

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 Harraiya

- Beni Nagar600 people
- Dohariya600 people
- Pachauha600 people
- Sakraval Kala600 people
- Belwariya596 people
- Kirtipur596 people
- Madanpura596 people
- Nipaniya596 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorshara?598 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorshara in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorshara?73.0% (Census 2011)