# Ghunghunkotha Village, Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur 

# Ghunghunkotha

Ghunghunkotha is a village in Gorakhpur sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,476 people in 402 households**, the 115th largest of 440 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 2,476people (2011)
- 402households
- 57.3%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghunghunkotha

Of every 100 households in Ghunghunkotha in 2011, 51 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghunghunkotha · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**19%

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

**80%

Tap water ****44%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**47%

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

**12%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****83%**

**76%

Television ****47%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**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 Ghunghunkotha?

■ Ghunghunkotha · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**915

Working population ****21.6%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 43.5% for women. 36% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 68 (13%) · **■** Marginal 361 (67%)

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

- Jindapur2,585 people
- Dahla2,576 people
- Hardia2,515 people
- Rampur Chak2,488 people
- Rithia2,466 people
- Manjharia2,463 people
- Tarkulaha2,453 people
- Pipari2,445 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghunghunkotha?2,476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghunghunkotha in?Gorakhpur district (Gorakhpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghunghunkotha?57.3% (Census 2011)