# Gawan Village, Khurja, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khurja, Bulandshahr 

# Gawan

Gawan is a village in Khurja sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,117 people in 224 households**, the 133rd largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,117people (2011)
- 224households
- 72.7%literacy
- 807females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gawan

Of every 100 households in Gawan in 2011, 63 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gawan · ■ Khurja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**70%

Tap water ****9%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****85%**

**61%

Television ****67%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Gawan?

■ Gawan · ■ Khurja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****807**

**886

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**851

Working population ****16.1%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 61.9% for women. 26% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 4 (2%)

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 Khurja

- Mohammadpur Mazra Bichhat1,164 people
- Achaja Khurd1,155 people
- Kelana1,147 people
- Chiti1,144 people
- Jahanpur1,108 people
- Salampur Mazar Dastoora1,086 people
- Bhadaura1,058 people
- Mohammadpur Navipur Urf Rampur1,053 people

[All 191 villages in Khurja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/khurja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gawan?1,117 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gawan in?Bulandshahr district (Khurja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gawan?72.7% (Census 2011)