# Kursa Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Kursa

Kursa is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **835 people in 141 households**, the 154th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 835people (2011)
- 141households
- 65.8%literacy
- 1,042females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kursa

Of every 100 households in Kursa in 2011, 31 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kursa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****78%**

**83%

Television ****19%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

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

**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 Kursa?

■ Kursa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

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

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****811**

**902

Working population ****40.0%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 53.3% for women. 45% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 314 (94%)

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

- Chandpar846 people
- Tenuhari844 people
- Algatpur837 people
- Dariwa837 people
- Sidhauli830 people
- Barsiha823 people
- Ranipur818 people
- Bharohia815 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kursa?835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kursa in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kursa?65.8% (Census 2011)