# Tighara Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Tighara

Tighara is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **155 people in 20 households**, the 607th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 155people (2011)
- 20households
- 80.1%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighara

Of every 100 households in Tighara in 2011, 35 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tighara · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****93%**

**80%

Television ****15%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**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 Tighara?

■ Tighara · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****3500**

**904

Working population ****33.5%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 69.7% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 3 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 12 (23%) · **■** Marginal 36 (69%)

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

- Math Vikram160 people
- Bulaki Chak159 people
- Uitha Khurd159 people
- Indrapur Khurd158 people
- Bijaura154 people
- Mahulakhor154 people
- Suresa154 people
- Mathramgir148 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighara?155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighara in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighara?80.1% (Census 2011)