# Tighara Village, Campierganj, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Campierganj, Gorakhpur 

# Tighara

Tighara is a village in Campierganj sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,025 people in 786 households**, the 15th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 5,025people (2011)
- 786households
- 77.9%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighara

Of every 100 households in Tighara in 2011, 84 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 53 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tighara · ■ Campierganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**86%

Tap water ****14%**

**37%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****53%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**90%

Use banking services ****86%**

**78%

Television ****62%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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?

■ Tighara · ■ Campierganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**924

Working population ****26.8%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 65.7% for women. 44% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 306 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (5%) · **■** Household industry 41 (3%) · **■** Other work 534 (40%) · **■** Marginal 395 (29%)

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 Campierganj

- Sarpatah5,366 people
- Jangal Agahi5,293 people
- Rakhookhor5,256 people
- Kalyanpur5,147 people
- Rajabari4,790 people
- Machhali Gaon4,738 people
- Bargadhi4,734 people
- Dharmpur4,679 people

[All 217 villages in Campierganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/campierganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighara?5,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighara in?Gorakhpur district (Campierganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighara?77.9% (Census 2011)