# Rajgarh Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Rajgarh

Rajgarh is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,825 people in 244 households**, the 61st largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,825people (2011)
- 244households
- 59.9%literacy
- 1,072females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajgarh

Of every 100 households in Rajgarh in 2011, 21 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rajgarh · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****95%**

**81%

Television ****14%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Rajgarh?

■ Rajgarh · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**903

Working population ****27.7%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 48.9% for women. 46% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (22%) · **■** Household industry 42 (8%) · **■** Other work 123 (24%) · **■** Marginal 104 (21%)

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

- Mehrauli1,866 people
- Atrauli1,857 people
- Bhaisa Rani1,855 people
- Kanayeecha1,835 people
- Balua Buzurg1,807 people
- Mishrauli1,791 people
- Sahdodad1,739 people
- Chawaria Khurd1,738 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajgarh?1,825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajgarh in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rajgarh?59.9% (Census 2011)