# Pakri Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Pakri

Pakri is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **628 people in 90 households**, the 189th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 628people (2011)
- 90households
- 80.2%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pakri

Of every 100 households in Pakri in 2011, 10 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pakri · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**78%

Tap water ****95%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****6%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Pakri?

■ Pakri · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**902

Working population ****23.6%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 71.0% for women. 43% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (9%) · **■** Household industry 12 (8%) · **■** Other work 12 (8%) · **■** Marginal 62 (42%)

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

- Kusmhi640 people
- Matiara638 people
- Madhopur635 people
- Siruapar629 people
- Todwa Khurd610 people
- Bhelura607 people
- Sidhaulia606 people
- Sehuda582 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pakri?628 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pakri in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pakri?80.2% (Census 2011)