# Ahiraura Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Ahiraura

Ahiraura is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,656 people in 283 households**, the 200th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 1,656people (2011)
- 283households
- 38.9%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ahiraura

Of every 100 households in Ahiraura in 2011, 14 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ahiraura · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**93%

Tap water ****15%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**74%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ahiraura?

■ Ahiraura · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.9%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****701**

**922

Working population ****49.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.7% for men and 27.3% for women. 57% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 562 (69%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (3%) · **■** Marginal 164 (20%)

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 Colonelganj

- Kataka1,703 people
- Parsauna1,694 people
- Dhanuhi1,675 people
- Chak Saniya1,662 people
- Mohammad Pur1,629 people
- Masauliya1,626 people
- Chauri1,621 people
- Baksaila1,600 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ahiraura?1,656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ahiraura in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ahiraura?38.9% (Census 2011)