# Gahana Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Gahana

Gahana is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,437 people in 187 households**, the 97th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,437people (2011)
- 187households
- 71.3%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahana

Of every 100 households in Gahana in 2011, 8 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Gahana · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**82%

Tap water ****70%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****98%**

**80%

Television ****16%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gahana?

■ Gahana · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**904

Working population ****20.5%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 57.6% for women. 24% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (28%) · **■** Household industry 20 (7%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 110 (37%)

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

- Masuria1,464 people
- Murdewa Bujurag1,451 people
- Pindia1,444 people
- Rankolee1,442 people
- Bhisia Khurd1,432 people
- Sahidabad1,428 people
- Baraipar1,421 people
- Palahipar Baboo1,419 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahana?1,437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahana in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahana?71.3% (Census 2011)