# Kalechak Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Kalechak

Kalechak is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **317 people in 40 households**, the 341st largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 317people (2011)
- 40households
- 65.5%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kalechak

Of every 100 households in Kalechak in 2011, 42 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kalechak · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**55%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**88%

Use banking services ****78%**

**81%

Television ****19%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Kalechak?

■ Kalechak · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**903

Working population ****24.6%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 47.7% for women. 47% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (59%) · **■** Other work 9 (12%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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

- Harihar Seeyer323 people
- Darhiya Buzurg318 people
- Khamua Padum318 people
- Gorakhpurwa317 people
- Bhaisa Hariher312 people
- Sokahna312 people
- Jado Pali311 people
- Atrauli309 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kalechak?317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalechak in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kalechak?65.5% (Census 2011)