# Goredih Khas Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Goredih Khas

Goredih Khas is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,232 people in 352 households**, the 39th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,232people (2011)
- 352households
- 72.6%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goredih Khas

Of every 100 households in Goredih Khas in 2011, 22 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Goredih Khas · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****34%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**85%

Use banking services ****86%**

**83%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Goredih Khas?

■ Goredih Khas · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**902

Working population ****29.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 58.0% for women. 44% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (17%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 69 (11%) · **■** Marginal 338 (52%)

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

- Tenua2,270 people
- Mahuapar Khas2,254 people
- Kharaila2,237 people
- Newas2,235 people
- Lakhanapar2,202 people
- Chadraw2,199 people
- Nandapar2,153 people
- Dhuria Par Khas2,144 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goredih Khas?2,232 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goredih Khas in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Goredih Khas?72.6% (Census 2011)