# Belkur Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Belkur

Belkur is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,905 people in 303 households**, the 53rd largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,905people (2011)
- 303households
- 65.9%literacy
- 1,167females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belkur

Of every 100 households in Belkur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Belkur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**76%

Tap water ****90%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**55%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****93%**

**81%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Belkur?

■ Belkur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1167**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1152**

**903

Working population ****27.1%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 55.8% for women. 41% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (12%) · **■** Marginal 342 (66%)

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

- Sohgaura2,054 people
- Khajuri2,020 people
- Kasihar1,997 people
- Rudain Urf Manjhgawa1,952 people
- Guar1,887 people
- Rawatpar1,882 people
- Derhuyee Kamal Chak1,880 people
- Mehrauli1,866 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belkur?1,905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belkur in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Belkur?65.9% (Census 2011)