# Banaura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Banaura

Banaura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,020 people in 292 households**, the 50th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,020people (2011)
- 292households
- 72.4%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banaura

Of every 100 households in Banaura in 2011, 29 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**78%

Tap water ****72%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**85%

Use banking services ****91%**

**83%

Television ****50%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Banaura?

■ Banaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

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

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**902

Working population ****23.7%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 59.3% for women. 41% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (18%) · **■** Marginal 365 (76%)

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

- Majhaura2,115 people
- Hardi2,084 people
- Takuwa Pati2,075 people
- Banauli2,026 people
- Miwa2,016 people
- Khiridand1,991 people
- Ramneger1,963 people
- Baijalpur Khas1,925 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banaura?2,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banaura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Banaura?72.4% (Census 2011)