# Buraura Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Buraura

Buraura is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **204 people in 27 households**, the 567th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 204people (2011)
- 27households
- 79.1%literacy
- 821females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Buraura

Of every 100 households in Buraura in 2011, 15 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Buraura · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**23%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****46%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**48%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****100%**

**80%

Television ****35%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**7%

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 Buraura?

■ Buraura · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****821**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1462**

**904

Working population ****39.7%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 64.4% for women. 48% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (30%) · **■** Household industry 8 (10%) · **■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 31 (38%)

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 Khajni

- Baijantha210 people
- Jagdishpur209 people
- Dhodai205 people
- Kast Sukhdeo205 people
- Baidhpurva203 people
- Bhitanee202 people
- Dhanauchi199 people
- Jasha Khurd194 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Buraura?204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Buraura in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Buraura?79.1% (Census 2011)