# Katya Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Katya

Katya is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,242 people in 195 households**, the 100th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,242people (2011)
- 195households
- 68.9%literacy
- 1,149females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Katya

Of every 100 households in Katya in 2011, 38 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Katya · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**76%

Tap water ****5%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**88%

Use banking services ****90%**

**81%

Television ****30%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Katya?

■ Katya · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1149**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**903

Working population ****16.9%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 59.1% for women. 32% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (44%) · **■** Household industry 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 32 (15%) · **■** Marginal 71 (34%)

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

- Dhaski1,269 people
- Mahasin1,267 people
- Mehdiya1,265 people
- Salarpur1,254 people
- Tikari1,242 people
- Kalaura1,237 people
- Tighara Khurd1,232 people
- Bhaisaha Mus.Ah.1,226 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Katya?1,242 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Katya in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Katya?68.9% (Census 2011)