# Bonga Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Bonga

Bonga is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **248 people in 30 households**, the 251st largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 248people (2011)
- 30households
- 65.8%literacy
- 797females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bonga

Of every 100 households in Bonga in 2011, 87 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bonga · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****100%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****93%**

**83%

Television ****3%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Bonga?

■ Bonga · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****797**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****611**

**902

Working population ****29.0%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 51.5% for women. 51% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 23 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (62%) · **■** Other work 4 (6%)

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

- Mehdia256 people
- Thathebari256 people
- Jagal Aual251 people
- Bhuwa Sahid249 people
- Chandha240 people
- Gulaur230 people
- Barour228 people
- Dakhinwa212 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bonga?248 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bonga in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bonga?65.8% (Census 2011)