# Etarkhas Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Etarkhas

Etarkhas is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **533 people in 92 households**, the 207th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 533people (2011)
- 92households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,098females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Etarkhas

Of every 100 households in Etarkhas in 2011, 33 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Etarkhas · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**78%

Tap water ****87%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****92%**

**83%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Etarkhas?

■ Etarkhas · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1098**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1636**

**902

Working population ****29.3%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 61.8% for women. 46% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (12%) · **■** Marginal 136 (87%)

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

- Kuwal Khurd543 people
- Bhitani540 people
- Chak Fateh539 people
- Jura Kodri538 people
- Tharapar533 people
- Banohia501 people
- Usaka501 people
- Mohammadpur491 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Etarkhas?533 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Etarkhas in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Etarkhas?74.7% (Census 2011)