# Sahjaura Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Sahjaura

Sahjaura is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **657 people in 127 households**, the 334th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 657people (2011)
- 127households
- 72.0%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahjaura

Of every 100 households in Sahjaura in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sahjaura · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**10%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**53%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**96%

Use banking services ****93%**

**74%

Television ****16%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Sahjaura?

■ Sahjaura · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**922

Working population ****29.2%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 58.0% for women. 42% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (8%) · **■** Household industry 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 27 (14%) · **■** Marginal 47 (24%)

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

- Shree Jot675 people
- Konhata672 people
- Khairam Lalwachak668 people
- Hatahi663 people
- Basantpur Kamiyar652 people
- Newada Hasimpur644 people
- Ranjeetpur643 people
- Adayapur642 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahjaura?657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahjaura in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahjaura?72.0% (Census 2011)