# Gorkha Village, Saidpur, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Saidpur, Ghazipur 

# Gorkha

Gorkha is a village in Saidpur sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,137 people in 200 households**, the 169th largest of 582 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,137people (2011)
- 200households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,256females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorkha

Of every 100 households in Gorkha in 2011, 64 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 20 a car.

■ Gorkha · ■ Saidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**84%

Tap water ****23%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****89%**

**79%

Television ****50%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****20%**

**6%

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

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gorkha?

■ Gorkha · ■ Saidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1256**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1203**

**896

Working population ****34.6%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 63.6% for women. 49% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (14%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 56 (14%) · **■** Marginal 191 (49%)

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 Saidpur

- Bhitari Taraphhatim1,157 people
- Masudpur1,156 people
- Jameen Asandal1,149 people
- Sarai Sultan1,147 people
- Barahpar Bhojurai1,134 people
- Muturjipur1,120 people
- Kodri1,118 people
- Phulwari Kala1,111 people

[All 646 villages in Saidpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/saidpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorkha?1,137 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorkha in?Ghazipur district (Saidpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorkha?73.5% (Census 2011)