# Bhakasa Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) (2)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Bhakasa

Bhakasa is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,421 people in 216 households**, the 91st largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,421people (2011)
- 216households
- 72.8%literacy
- 845females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhakasa

Of every 100 households in Bhakasa in 2011, 14 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhakasa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**31%

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

**20%

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

**78%

Tap water ****30%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****76%**

**83%

Television ****18%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****9%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bhakasa?

■ Bhakasa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****845**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**902

Working population ****30.2%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 58.3% for women. 41% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 208 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Other work 120 (28%) · **■** Marginal 82 (19%)

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

- Jagdishpur1,457 people
- Barwal Mafi1,454 people
- Mehrawari Khas1,444 people
- Kuwal Kala1,442 people
- Mujauli1,420 people
- Mishraulia1,415 people
- Manjhria1,385 people
- Maila1,373 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhakasa?1,421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhakasa in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhakasa?72.8% (Census 2011)