# Ahala Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Ahala

Ahala is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,937 people in 367 households**, the 26th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 2,937people (2011)
- 367households
- 66.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ahala

Of every 100 households in Ahala in 2011, 23 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ahala · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**76%

Tap water ****25%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****81%**

**81%

Television ****22%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**10%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Ahala?

■ Ahala · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**903

Working population ****28.1%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 52.3% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (24%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 37 (4%) · **■** Marginal 464 (56%)

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 Bansgaon

- Lalpur3,006 people
- Belipar2,977 people
- Mahurai2,955 people
- Atapar2,940 people
- Janipur2,937 people
- Kanail Mus.2,922 people
- Garahi Mus.2,900 people
- Sarsopar2,808 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ahala?2,937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ahala in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ahala?66.3% (Census 2011)