Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur
# Lonia

Lonia is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,325 people in 207 households, the 101st largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.
- 1,325 people (2011)
- 207 households
- 58.6% literacy
- 1,026 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lonia

Of every 100 households in Lonia in 2011, 34 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Lonia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 34% 31%
- Toilet within the home 4% 20%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 78%
- Tap water 67% 40%
- Drinking water within premises 60% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 14%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 85%
- Use banking services 76% 83%
- Television 34% 28%
- Mobile phone 53% 72%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 17% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 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).

## What is the population of Lonia?

■ Lonia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 58.6% 70.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1026 944
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 904 902
- Working population 23.0% 30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 42.7% for women. 43% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 2 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 103 (34%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 46 (15%) · ■ Marginal 152 (50%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sahjanwa
- Bankatia 1,352 people
- Jabraila Bibikhore 1,337 people
- Tandwa Kala 1,337 people
- Tiwran 1,331 people
- Baraipar Tetaria 1,311 people
- Punda 1,310 people
- Kuchdehari 1,309 people
- Jarlahi 1,306 people

All 347 villages in Sahjanwa

## Other places named Lonia
- Lonia · Village, Mohkhed, Chhindwara · 834 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Lonia? 1,325 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lonia in? Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lonia? 58.6% (Census 2011)

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