# Shiorajpur Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Shiorajpur

Shiorajpur is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,002 people in 141 households**, the 139th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,002people (2011)
- 141households
- 67.0%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shiorajpur

Of every 100 households in Shiorajpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Shiorajpur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**55%

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

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****87%**

**81%

Television ****39%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Shiorajpur?

■ Shiorajpur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**903

Working population ****46.5%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 53.3% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 97 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (24%) · **■** Other work 32 (7%) · **■** Marginal 223 (48%)

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

- Rewradeeh1,035 people
- Lukuri Nisfiray1,032 people
- Rawat Par1,008 people
- Bela Mus.1,007 people
- Kotiya Baboo1,001 people
- Pakarpura998 people
- Bankati988 people
- Dubauli982 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shiorajpur?1,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiorajpur in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shiorajpur?67.0% (Census 2011)