# Banchara Village, Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur 

# Banchara

Banchara is a village in Gorakhpur sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,680 people in 306 households**, the 195th largest of 440 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,680people (2011)
- 306households
- 66.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banchara

Of every 100 households in Banchara in 2011, 20 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banchara · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****90%**

**76%

Television ****30%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Banchara?

■ Banchara · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**915

Working population ****28.8%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 53.1% for women. 53% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (14%) · **■** Household industry 33 (7%) · **■** Other work 117 (24%) · **■** Marginal 211 (44%)

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 Gorakhpur

- Chakia1,747 people
- Bhelampur Urf Bhagwanpur1,742 people
- Tinkonia1,704 people
- Unch Gaon1,692 people
- Amwa1,675 people
- Semaradaviparsad1,665 people
- Samdar Buzurg1,658 people
- Pyasee1,655 people

[All 509 villages in Gorakhpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/gorakhpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banchara?1,680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banchara in?Gorakhpur district (Gorakhpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Banchara?66.5% (Census 2011)