# Gurha Village, Shikohabad, Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shikohabad, Firozabad 

# Gurha

Gurha is a village in Shikohabad sub-district of Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,643 people in 430 households**, the 56th largest of 280 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 2,643people (2011)
- 430households
- 78.2%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurha

Of every 100 households in Gurha in 2011, 16 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gurha · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**20%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****50%**

**56%

Television ****14%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gurha?

■ Gurha · ■ Shikohabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**869

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**881

Working population ****26.1%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 67.2% for women. 45% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 403 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (13%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 71 (10%) · **■** Marginal 114 (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 Shikohabad

- Mohammadpur Mandai2,663 people
- Salempur Karkha2,661 people
- Mohinipur2,644 people
- Sujawalpur2,644 people
- Sothara2,559 people
- Bakalpur2,551 people
- Ruchan Manikpur2,547 people
- Kaurarakhurd2,544 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurha?2,643 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurha in?Firozabad district (Shikohabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurha?78.2% (Census 2011)