# Bhaghura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Bhaghura

Bhaghura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,136 people in 368 households**, the 44th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,136people (2011)
- 368households
- 75.1%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaghura

Of every 100 households in Bhaghura in 2011, 45 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bhaghura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**78%

Tap water ****48%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**83%

Television ****35%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bhaghura?

■ Bhaghura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**902

Working population ****42.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 62.0% for women. 51% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (9%) · **■** Marginal 713 (78%)

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

- Lakhanapar2,202 people
- Chadraw2,199 people
- Nandapar2,153 people
- Dhuria Par Khas2,144 people
- Tikaria2,132 people
- Majhaura2,115 people
- Hardi2,084 people
- Takuwa Pati2,075 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaghura?2,136 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaghura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaghura?75.1% (Census 2011)