# Surgahna Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Surgahna

Surgahna is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,697 people in 265 households**, the 70th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,697people (2011)
- 265households
- 69.1%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Surgahna

Of every 100 households in Surgahna in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Surgahna · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****21%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****74%**

**83%

Television ****15%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Surgahna?

■ Surgahna · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**902

Working population ****36.2%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 52.0% for women. 51% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 112 (18%) · **■** Other work 51 (8%) · **■** Marginal 285 (46%)

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

- Deoria1,710 people
- Basudha1,704 people
- Deipar1,701 people
- Doharia Kala1,701 people
- Amtaura1,682 people
- Adilapar1,672 people
- Akuwapar1,666 people
- Harpur1,643 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Surgahna?1,697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Surgahna in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Surgahna?69.1% (Census 2011)