# Telaura Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Telaura

Telaura is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,221 people in 163 households**, the 111th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,221people (2011)
- 163households
- 81.3%literacy
- 785females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telaura

Of every 100 households in Telaura in 2011, 4 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 46 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Telaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**78%

Tap water ****38%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**85%

Use banking services ****86%**

**83%

Television ****62%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****9%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****46%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Telaura?

■ Telaura · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****785**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****639**

**902

Working population ****35.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.8% for men and 69.5% for women. 46% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 253 (59%) · **■** Marginal 156 (36%)

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

- Bahilpar1,297 people
- Chaparhat1,276 people
- Sathipar1,233 people
- Tenuwa1,224 people
- Ujikhore1,221 people
- Siar1,219 people
- Sisai1,219 people
- Usari1,213 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Telaura?1,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telaura in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Telaura?81.3% (Census 2011)