# Gorsaira Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Gorsaira

Gorsaira is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **624 people in 84 households**, the 165th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 624people (2011)
- 84households
- 67.7%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorsaira

Of every 100 households in Gorsaira in 2011, 42 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gorsaira · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**41%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**78%

Television ****30%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**9%

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 Gorsaira?

■ Gorsaira · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**914

Working population ****17.6%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 52.0% for women. 32% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 20 (18%) · **■** Marginal 65 (59%)

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 Chauri Chaura

- Pipra Manni681 people
- Basuhi661 people
- Bagani650 people
- Pakariar633 people
- Sugha613 people
- Rautainiya Babu590 people
- Gobdaura584 people
- Sikar Garh575 people

[All 216 villages in Chauri Chaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/chauri-chaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorsaira?624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorsaira in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorsaira?67.7% (Census 2011)