# Akuwapar Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Akuwapar

Akuwapar is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,666 people in 283 households**, the 73rd largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,666people (2011)
- 283households
- 79.7%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Akuwapar

Of every 100 households in Akuwapar in 2011, 7 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Akuwapar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****35%**

**40%

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

**54%

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

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****30%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Akuwapar?

■ Akuwapar · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****702**

**902

Working population ****33.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 68.9% for women. 46% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 45 (8%) · **■** Marginal 203 (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 Sahjanwa

- Doharia Kala1,701 people
- Surgahna1,697 people
- Amtaura1,682 people
- Adilapar1,672 people
- Harpur1,643 people
- Barouli1,633 people
- Kodri Kala1,606 people
- Mahuadar1,573 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Akuwapar?1,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akuwapar in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Akuwapar?79.7% (Census 2011)