# Amtaura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Amtaura

Amtaura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,682 people in 264 households**, the 71st largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,682people (2011)
- 264households
- 76.9%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amtaura

Of every 100 households in Amtaura in 2011, 62 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Amtaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**78%

Tap water ****60%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**83%

Television ****41%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Amtaura?

■ Amtaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**902

Working population ****26.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 64.4% for women. 35% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 25 (6%) · **■** Other work 72 (16%) · **■** Marginal 313 (71%)

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

- Basudha1,704 people
- Deipar1,701 people
- Doharia Kala1,701 people
- Surgahna1,697 people
- Adilapar1,672 people
- Akuwapar1,666 people
- Harpur1,643 people
- Barouli1,633 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amtaura?1,682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amtaura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amtaura?76.9% (Census 2011)