# Ashokpur Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Ashokpur

Ashokpur is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,433 people in 820 households**, the 22nd largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 5,433people (2011)
- 820households
- 52.9%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashokpur

Of every 100 households in Ashokpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ashokpur · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**10%

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

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****23%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****91%**

**74%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**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 Ashokpur?

■ Ashokpur · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.9%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**922

Working population ****38.2%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 38.7% for women. 48% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 575 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 459 (22%) · **■** Household industry 193 (9%) · **■** Other work 128 (6%) · **■** Marginal 720 (35%)

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

- Saraiya5,521 people
- Bhonka5,491 people
- Chandpur5,468 people
- Beerpur Katra5,436 people
- Nindura5,383 people
- Colonel Ganj5,017 people
- Bhadaiyan4,972 people
- Birawa4,871 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashokpur?5,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashokpur in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ashokpur?52.9% (Census 2011)