# Ghorsaon Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Ghorsaon

Ghorsaon is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **580 people in 105 households**, the 243rd largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 580people (2011)
- 105households
- 69.3%literacy
- 1,079females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghorsaon

Of every 100 households in Ghorsaon in 2011, 58 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghorsaon · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**55%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****79%**

**81%

Television ****21%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Ghorsaon?

■ Ghorsaon · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1079**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**903

Working population ****39.5%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 53.8% for women. 48% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 137 (60%)

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

- Ranipur586 people
- Tikuli Banaras586 people
- Jeeowar584 people
- Teona583 people
- Barpurwa576 people
- Chimcha576 people
- Lakusi Nisfibaboo572 people
- Kohara561 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghorsaon?580 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghorsaon in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghorsaon?69.3% (Census 2011)