# Kohara Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Kohara

Kohara is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **561 people in 93 households**, the 247th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 561people (2011)
- 93households
- 80.6%literacy
- 1,209females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kohara

Of every 100 households in Kohara in 2011, 45 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kohara · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**76%

Tap water ****60%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**88%

Use banking services ****96%**

**81%

Television ****35%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Kohara?

■ Kohara · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1209**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**903

Working population ****25.5%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 70.8% for women. 42% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 62 (43%) · **■** Marginal 29 (20%)

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

- Ghorsaon580 people
- Barpurwa576 people
- Chimcha576 people
- Lakusi Nisfibaboo572 people
- Lagunahi552 people
- Sardaha543 people
- Parsiya539 people
- Khamua Bhatt538 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kohara?561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kohara in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kohara?80.6% (Census 2011)