# Gaighat Village, Zamania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Zamania, Ghazipur 

# Gaighat

Gaighat is a village in Zamania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,281 people in 294 households**, the 89th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%.

- 2,281people (2011)
- 294households
- 76.0%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaighat

Of every 100 households in Gaighat in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gaighat · ■ Zamania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**30%

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

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**50%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****92%**

**69%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

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 Gaighat?

■ Gaighat · ■ Zamania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**72.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****753**

**908

Working population ****22.1%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 62.2% for women. 37% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 259 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (5%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 78 (16%) · **■** Marginal 130 (26%)

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 Zamania

- Sadhopur2,372 people
- Dhuska2,349 people
- Sonharia2,320 people
- Sendura2,315 people
- Dhanari2,280 people
- Hamidpur2,274 people
- Begua2,256 people
- Bareji2,252 people

[All 386 villages in Zamania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/zamania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaighat?2,281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaighat in?Ghazipur district (Zamania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaighat?76.0% (Census 2011)