Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur
# Ranipur

Ranipur is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 818 people in 146 households, the 157th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.
- 818 people (2011)
- 146 households
- 52.8% literacy
- 995 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranipur

Of every 100 households in Ranipur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranipur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 13% 31%
- Toilet within the home 4% 20%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 78%
- Tap water 3% 40%
- Drinking water within premises 31% 54%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 14%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 94% 85%
- Use banking services 81% 83%
- Television 7% 28%
- Mobile phone 53% 72%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 9% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 3%
- None of these assets 5% 8%
- Own their home 95% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ranipur?

■ Ranipur · ■ Sahjanwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.8% 70.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 995 944
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1031 902
- Working population 19.3% 30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 44.0% for women. 32% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 3 (2%) · ■ Household industry 9 (6%) · ■ Other work 14 (9%) · ■ Marginal 129 (82%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sahjanwa
- Dariwa 837 people
- Kursa 835 people
- Sidhauli 830 people
- Barsiha 823 people
- Bharohia 815 people
- Bhatwal 811 people
- Bhaisla 792 people
- Dultahi 790 people

All 347 villages in Sahjanwa

## Other places named Ranipur
- Ranipur · Town, Jhansi · 18,132 people
- Ranipur · Village, Pathankot, Gurdaspur · 5,890 people
- Ranipur · Village, Islampur, Nalanda · 5,060 people
- Ranipur · Village, Baberu, Banda · 4,756 people
- Ranipur · Village, Ghazipur, Ghazipur · 4,667 people
- Ranipur · Town, Hoshangabad · 4,561 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ranipur? 818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranipur in? Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ranipur? 52.8% (Census 2011)

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