# Jharakata Village, Gola, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gola, Gorakhpur 

# Jharakata

Jharakata is a village in Gola sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,439 people in 214 households**, the 104th largest of 626 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,439people (2011)
- 214households
- 76.6%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jharakata

Of every 100 households in Jharakata in 2011, 21 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jharakata · ■ Gola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**75%

Tap water ****95%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**89%

Use banking services ****94%**

**81%

Television ****21%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**18%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****11%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Jharakata?

■ Jharakata · ■ Gola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**914

Working population ****25.2%**

**28.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 62.3% for women. 41% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 45 (12%) · **■** Marginal 255 (70%)

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

- Chak Maheshpur1,478 people
- Madaria1,473 people
- Marawat1,472 people
- Narayanpur Khurd1,447 people
- Gajagaraha1,425 people
- Chhitauna Bujurg1,424 people
- Rampur Garhwa1,400 people
- Hatwa1,387 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jharakata?1,439 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jharakata in?Gorakhpur district (Gola sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Jharakata?76.6% (Census 2011)