# Kasihar Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Kasihar

Kasihar is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,997 people in 307 households**, the 51st largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,997people (2011)
- 307households
- 77.0%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kasihar

Of every 100 households in Kasihar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kasihar · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**88%

Use banking services ****100%**

**81%

Television ****31%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Kasihar?

■ Kasihar · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**903

Working population ****15.8%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 65.5% for women. 29% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Household industry 26 (8%) · **■** Other work 71 (22%) · **■** Marginal 141 (45%)

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

- Bistauli Khurd2,133 people
- Garyakol2,068 people
- Sohgaura2,054 people
- Khajuri2,020 people
- Rudain Urf Manjhgawa1,952 people
- Belkur1,905 people
- Guar1,887 people
- Rawatpar1,882 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kasihar?1,997 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kasihar in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kasihar?77.0% (Census 2011)