# Palikhas Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Palikhas

Palikhas is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,238 people in 910 households**, the 3rd largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 5,238people (2011)
- 910households
- 67.8%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Palikhas

Of every 100 households in Palikhas in 2011, 24 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Palikhas · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**78%

Tap water ****3%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**85%

Use banking services ****87%**

**83%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Palikhas?

■ Palikhas · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**902

Working population ****28.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 56.7% for women. 44% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 234 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 363 (24%) · **■** Household industry 48 (3%) · **■** Other work 273 (18%) · **■** Marginal 567 (38%)

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

- Bhiti Rawot8,554 people
- Khoria Urf Bhiti6,238 people
- Bhagwanpur Bhakra Tiwari5,119 people
- Bharsar5,094 people
- Sihapar4,851 people
- Khortha4,469 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Palikhas?5,238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palikhas in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palikhas?67.8% (Census 2011)