# Belaura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Belaura

Belaura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **422 people in 75 households**, the 228th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 422people (2011)
- 75households
- 86.2%literacy
- 796females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belaura

Of every 100 households in Belaura in 2011, 62 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****80%**

**83%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Belaura?

■ Belaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****796**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**902

Working population ****35.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 76.4% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 22 (15%) · **■** Marginal 121 (82%)

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

- Jasulipar438 people
- Barwar Bujurg434 people
- Kateia432 people
- Jigina429 people
- Bikura416 people
- Belhar Mafi408 people
- Kusmaul408 people
- Chigauna392 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belaura?422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belaura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Belaura?86.2% (Census 2011)