# Gagai Village, Shikohabad, Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikohabad, Firozabad 

# Gagai

Gagai is a village in Shikohabad sub-district of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,654 people in 283 households**, the 120th largest of 280 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,654people (2011)
- 283households
- 72.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gagai

Of every 100 households in Gagai in 2011, 68 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gagai · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

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

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****60%**

**56%

Television ****35%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gagai?

■ Gagai · ■ Shikohabad rural average

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

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**881

Working population ****24.0%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 57.7% for women. 43% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 164 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 164 (41%) · **■** Marginal 56 (14%)

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 Shikohabad

- Bidarkha1,690 people
- Garhi1,676 people
- Mohabbataheer1,661 people
- Bamai1,660 people
- Ghurhia Tikur1,650 people
- Rapari1,649 people
- Bachhmai1,640 people
- Fatehpur Karkha1,640 people

[All 285 villages in Shikohabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/firozabad/shikohabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gagai?1,654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gagai in?Firozabad district (Shikohabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gagai?72.7% (Census 2011)