# Bargahan Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/bargahan/

Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Bargahan

Bargahan is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,278 people in 648 households**, the 9th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 4,278people (2011)
- 648households
- 69.6%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bargahan

Of every 100 households in Bargahan in 2011, 51 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bargahan · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**78%

Tap water ****6%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**85%

Use banking services ****89%**

**83%

Television ****42%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Bargahan?

■ Bargahan · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**902

Working population ****22.0%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 56.0% for women. 37% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 236 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (3%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 289 (31%) · **■** Marginal 380 (40%)

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

- Bharsar5,094 people
- Sihapar4,851 people
- Khortha4,469 people
- Katsahra4,358 people
- Nagwa4,147 people
- Kolia Mafi3,820 people
- Madar3,768 people
- Budhat Khas3,711 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bargahan?4,278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bargahan in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bargahan?69.6% (Census 2011)