# Pranpur Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Pranpur

Pranpur is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **552 people in 94 households**, the 200th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 552people (2011)
- 94households
- 50.6%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pranpur

Of every 100 households in Pranpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pranpur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**20%

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

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****58%**

**83%

Television ****11%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Pranpur?

■ Pranpur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**902

Working population ****28.8%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 39.2% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 54 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (25%) · **■** Other work 65 (41%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Hanspatti565 people
- Rautpar560 people
- Barwar Khurd559 people
- Katka553 people
- Bhiti549 people
- Pipri547 people
- Kuwal Khurd543 people
- Bhitani540 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pranpur?552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pranpur in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pranpur?50.6% (Census 2011)