# Sohgaura Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Sohgaura

Sohgaura is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,054 people in 315 households**, the 49th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 2,054people (2011)
- 315households
- 70.8%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sohgaura

Of every 100 households in Sohgaura in 2011, 45 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sohgaura · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**34%

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

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**88%

Use banking services ****84%**

**81%

Television ****43%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Sohgaura?

■ Sohgaura · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**903

Working population ****24.9%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 60.9% for women. 37% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 183 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (11%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 56 (11%) · **■** Marginal 210 (41%)

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

- Bhasma2,145 people
- Teekar2,144 people
- Bistauli Khurd2,133 people
- Garyakol2,068 people
- Khajuri2,020 people
- Kasihar1,997 people
- Rudain Urf Manjhgawa1,952 people
- Belkur1,905 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sohgaura?2,054 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sohgaura in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sohgaura?70.8% (Census 2011)