# Kalaura Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Kalaura

Kalaura is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,237 people in 207 households**, the 102nd largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,237people (2011)
- 207households
- 61.4%literacy
- 1,193females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalaura

Of every 100 households in Kalaura in 2011, 11 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kalaura · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**88%

Use banking services ****78%**

**81%

Television ****10%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kalaura?

■ Kalaura · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1193**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**903

Working population ****19.5%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 52.7% for women. 35% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (12%) · **■** Marginal 161 (67%)

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

- Mehdiya1,265 people
- Salarpur1,254 people
- Katya1,242 people
- Tikari1,242 people
- Tighara Khurd1,232 people
- Bhaisaha Mus.Ah.1,226 people
- Nawachak1,225 people
- Deokali Buzurg1,209 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalaura?1,237 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalaura in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kalaura?61.4% (Census 2011)