# Gorsaira Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Gorsaira

Gorsaira is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,560 people in 253 households**, the 81st largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,560people (2011)
- 253households
- 72.4%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorsaira

Of every 100 households in Gorsaira in 2011, 39 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gorsaira · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**23%

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

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****70%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**80%

Television ****23%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gorsaira?

■ Gorsaira · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**904

Working population ****16.0%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 59.6% for women. 24% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (10%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (13%) · **■** Marginal 126 (50%)

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

- Mahmoodpur1,632 people
- Bhatiyaree1,626 people
- Shivpur1,566 people
- Dadauna1,563 people
- Dangipar1,557 people
- Ramdih1,540 people
- Bhitha Kunwar1,530 people
- Sopara1,530 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorsaira?1,560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorsaira in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorsaira?72.4% (Census 2011)