# Gaura Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mohammadabad, Ghazipur 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Mohammadabad sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,326 people in 177 households**, the 206th largest of 833 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 1,326people (2011)
- 177households
- 74.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****91%**

**79%

Television ****6%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**12%

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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**928

Working population ****48.9%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 60.6% for women. 49% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 338 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 302 (47%)

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 Mohammadabad

- Hazipur Baresar1,354 people
- Musalahpur1,351 people
- Jagdishpur M. Dahedu1,344 people
- Sagapali Dayal Singh1,327 people
- Chak Fatma1,325 people
- Padraw1,324 people
- Mehraur1,323 people
- Deoria1,321 people

[All 1,134 villages in Mohammadabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/mohammadabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?1,326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Ghazipur district (Mohammadabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?74.4% (Census 2011)