# Saraya Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Saraya

Saraya is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,808 people in 304 households**, the 60th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,808people (2011)
- 304households
- 70.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraya

Of every 100 households in Saraya in 2011, 58 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saraya · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****48%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**85%

Use banking services ****61%**

**83%

Television ****29%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Saraya?

■ Saraya · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****728**

**902

Working population ****39.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 58.0% for women. 49% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 144 (20%) · **■** Marginal 518 (73%)

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

- Domhar1,874 people
- Narang Patti1,873 people
- Kaili1,865 people
- Basia1,808 people
- Jogia Kol1,796 people
- Kodari Khas1,778 people
- Mustafabad1,769 people
- Belwa Dari1,764 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraya?1,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraya in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saraya?70.7% (Census 2011)