# Gosaiyan Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Gosaiyan

Gosaiyan is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,153 people in 187 households**, the 162nd largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,153people (2011)
- 187households
- 62.7%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosaiyan

Of every 100 households in Gosaiyan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gosaiyan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****82%**

**83%

Television ****39%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gosaiyan?

■ Gosaiyan · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**912

Working population ****22.8%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 47.1% for women. 42% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (14%) · **■** Marginal 61 (23%)

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 Jakhania

- Barodih Mubarakpur1,162 people
- Tarwa1,162 people
- Bharupur1,156 people
- Lediha1,156 people
- Akrav1,128 people
- Mirarehti1,127 people
- Tanda1,125 people
- Harauli1,122 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosaiyan?1,153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosaiyan in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gosaiyan?62.7% (Census 2011)