# Mahurai Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Mahurai

Mahurai is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,955 people in 361 households**, the 24th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 2,955people (2011)
- 361households
- 68.5%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahurai

Of every 100 households in Mahurai in 2011, 27 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahurai · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**88%

Use banking services ****75%**

**81%

Television ****36%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**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 Mahurai?

■ Mahurai · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**903

Working population ****18.8%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 54.9% for women. 34% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (12%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 298 (54%)

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

- Baghrayee3,081 people
- Bhity3,022 people
- Lalpur3,006 people
- Belipar2,977 people
- Atapar2,940 people
- Ahala2,937 people
- Janipur2,937 people
- Kanail Mus.2,922 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahurai?2,955 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahurai in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahurai?68.5% (Census 2011)