# Sehri Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Sehri

Sehri is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,494 people in 237 households**, the 83rd largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,494people (2011)
- 237households
- 59.9%literacy
- 1,069females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sehri

Of every 100 households in Sehri in 2011, 7 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sehri · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**78%

Tap water ****50%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****94%**

**83%

Television ****31%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Sehri?

■ Sehri · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1069**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**902

Working population ****24.2%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 45.8% for women. 41% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (24%) · **■** Marginal 207 (57%)

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

- Sonbarsa1,557 people
- Niwarhar Khas1,549 people
- Raghunathpur1,529 people
- Rampur Garthauli1,502 people
- Ganauri1,492 people
- Govindpur1,481 people
- Kunda Kodara1,460 people
- Jagdishpur1,457 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sehri?1,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sehri in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sehri?59.9% (Census 2011)