# Majhaura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Majhaura

Majhaura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,115 people in 349 households**, the 46th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,115people (2011)
- 349households
- 61.4%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhaura

Of every 100 households in Majhaura in 2011, 13 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Majhaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****11%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**14%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****78%**

**83%

Television ****7%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Majhaura?

■ Majhaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**902

Working population ****26.2%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 49.6% for women. 31% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (32%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 297 (54%)

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

- Nandapar2,153 people
- Dhuria Par Khas2,144 people
- Bhaghura2,136 people
- Tikaria2,132 people
- Hardi2,084 people
- Takuwa Pati2,075 people
- Banauli2,026 people
- Banaura2,020 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhaura?2,115 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhaura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Majhaura?61.4% (Census 2011)