# Kandrai Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Kandrai

Kandrai is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,319 people in 359 households**, the 34th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,319people (2011)
- 359households
- 69.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kandrai

Of every 100 households in Kandrai in 2011, 43 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kandrai · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**85%

Use banking services ****87%**

**83%

Television ****27%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Kandrai?

■ Kandrai · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**902

Working population ****24.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 56.2% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (8%) · **■** Household industry 20 (4%) · **■** Other work 97 (17%) · **■** Marginal 196 (34%)

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

- Kaleser2,428 people
- Bhakasa2,415 people
- Semradanri2,370 people
- Bijauwa2,364 people
- Tenua2,270 people
- Mahuapar Khas2,254 people
- Kharaila2,237 people
- Newas2,235 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kandrai?2,319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandrai in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kandrai?69.5% (Census 2011)