# Gajagaraha Village, Gola, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gola, Gorakhpur 

# Gajagaraha

Gajagaraha is a village in Gola sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,425 people in 234 households**, the 105th largest of 626 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,425people (2011)
- 234households
- 70.0%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajagaraha

Of every 100 households in Gajagaraha in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gajagaraha · ■ Gola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****80%**

**81%

Television ****15%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

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 Gajagaraha?

■ Gajagaraha · ■ Gola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**914

Working population ****44.2%**

**28.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 57.2% for women. 53% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 279 (44%) · **■** Household industry 207 (33%) · **■** Other work 25 (4%) · **■** Marginal 102 (16%)

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 Gola

- Madaria1,473 people
- Marawat1,472 people
- Narayanpur Khurd1,447 people
- Jharakata1,439 people
- Chhitauna Bujurg1,424 people
- Rampur Garhwa1,400 people
- Hatwa1,387 people
- Dehari Bhar1,385 people

[All 713 villages in Gola](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/gola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajagaraha?1,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajagaraha in?Gorakhpur district (Gola sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gajagaraha?70.0% (Census 2011)