# Tighara Khurd Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Tighara Khurd

Tighara Khurd is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,232 people in 184 households**, the 103rd largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,232people (2011)
- 184households
- 72.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighara Khurd

Of every 100 households in Tighara Khurd in 2011, 29 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tighara Khurd · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**55%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****97%**

**81%

Television ****32%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**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 Tighara Khurd?

■ Tighara Khurd · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1147**

**903

Working population ****21.4%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 56.2% for women. 37% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 98 (37%) · **■** Marginal 135 (51%)

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

- Salarpur1,254 people
- Katya1,242 people
- Tikari1,242 people
- Kalaura1,237 people
- Bhaisaha Mus.Ah.1,226 people
- Nawachak1,225 people
- Deokali Buzurg1,209 people
- Geruababoo1,197 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighara Khurd?1,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighara Khurd in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighara Khurd?72.5% (Census 2011)