# Karanpura Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Karanpura

Karanpura is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **619 people in 114 households**, the 331st largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 619people (2011)
- 114households
- 70.6%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karanpura

Of every 100 households in Karanpura in 2011, 33 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karanpura · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****78%**

**80%

Television ****37%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**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 Karanpura?

■ Karanpura · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****723**

**904

Working population ****53.5%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 56.2% for women. 52% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 149 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (21%) · **■** Household industry 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 45 (14%) · **■** Marginal 51 (15%)

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

- Bela Khurd620 people
- Raksanara620 people
- Atisa619 people
- Barahara619 people
- Sakharua612 people
- Tarkhop610 people
- Bowrdeh606 people
- Bakuchi604 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karanpura?619 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karanpura in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karanpura?70.6% (Census 2011)