# Turkwalia Village, Gola, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gola, Gorakhpur 

# Turkwalia

Turkwalia is a village in Gola sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **488 people in 76 households**, the 347th largest of 626 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 488people (2011)
- 76households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turkwalia

Of every 100 households in Turkwalia in 2011, 26 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Turkwalia · ■ Gola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**75%

Tap water ****7%**

**34%

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

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****81%**

**81%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

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

**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 Turkwalia?

■ Turkwalia · ■ Gola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**914

Working population ****21.1%**

**28.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 52.7% for women. 39% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 40 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (48%) · **■** Other work 10 (10%) · **■** Marginal 4 (4%)

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

- Jagadishpur494 people
- Kunwar Raja490 people
- Mangalpur490 people
- Banduari Pathak489 people
- Samadpur486 people
- Dhanrajpur484 people
- Jagadishpur479 people
- Korar/Baghor479 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turkwalia?488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turkwalia in?Gorakhpur district (Gola sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Turkwalia?65.3% (Census 2011)