# Saraiya Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Saraiya

Saraiya is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,521 people in 839 households**, the 18th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 5,521people (2011)
- 839households
- 60.7%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraiya

Of every 100 households in Saraiya in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saraiya · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****58%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****77%**

**74%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Saraiya?

■ Saraiya · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**922

Working population ****44.8%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 50.0% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 559 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 520 (21%) · **■** Household industry 139 (6%) · **■** Other work 639 (26%) · **■** Marginal 616 (25%)

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

- Charsadi5,771 people
- Selhari5,742 people
- Paharapur5,657 people
- Kauraha Jagdishpur5,527 people
- Bhonka5,491 people
- Chandpur5,468 people
- Beerpur Katra5,436 people
- Ashokpur5,433 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraiya?5,521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraiya in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saraiya?60.7% (Census 2011)