# Paharapur Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Paharapur

Paharapur is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,657 people in 986 households**, the 16th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 5,657people (2011)
- 986households
- 51.4%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paharapur

Of every 100 households in Paharapur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paharapur · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****90%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**74%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Paharapur?

■ Paharapur · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**922

Working population ****54.1%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 36.7% for women. 63% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 911 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 684 (22%) · **■** Household industry 42 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,334 (44%)

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

- Dewa Pasiya6,000 people
- Sarbang Pur5,899 people
- Charsadi5,771 people
- Selhari5,742 people
- Kauraha Jagdishpur5,527 people
- Saraiya5,521 people
- Bhonka5,491 people
- Chandpur5,468 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paharapur?5,657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paharapur in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Paharapur?51.4% (Census 2011)