# Bikura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Bikura

Bikura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 64 households**, the 229th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 416people (2011)
- 64households
- 60.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bikura

Of every 100 households in Bikura in 2011, 2 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bikura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****6%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**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 Bikura?

■ Bikura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**902

Working population ****22.8%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 45.0% for women. 38% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (26%) · **■** Household industry 4 (4%) · **■** Other work 5 (5%) · **■** Marginal 28 (29%)

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

- Barwar Bujurg434 people
- Kateia432 people
- Jigina429 people
- Belaura422 people
- Belhar Mafi408 people
- Kusmaul408 people
- Chigauna392 people
- Daftari383 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bikura?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bikura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bikura?60.1% (Census 2011)