# Bankatia Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Bankatia

Bankatia is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,352 people in 200 households**, the 97th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,352people (2011)
- 200households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,086females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bankatia

Of every 100 households in Bankatia in 2011, 4 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bankatia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

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

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****6%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Bankatia?

■ Bankatia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1086**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**902

Working population ****51.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 45.4% for women. 54% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 312 (45%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 42 (6%) · **■** Marginal 323 (46%)

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

- Mishraulia1,415 people
- Manjhria1,385 people
- Maila1,373 people
- Makarhat1,357 people
- Jabraila Bibikhore1,337 people
- Tandwa Kala1,337 people
- Tiwran1,331 people
- Lonia1,325 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bankatia?1,352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bankatia in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bankatia?63.7% (Census 2011)