# Ghordaur Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Ghordaur

Ghordaur is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,211 people in 371 households**, the 95th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 2,211people (2011)
- 371households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghordaur

Of every 100 households in Ghordaur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghordaur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**81%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**30%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****74%**

**82%

Television ****33%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**7%

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 Ghordaur?

■ Ghordaur · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**912

Working population ****30.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 60.2% for women. 40% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 292 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (16%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 210 (31%)

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 Kerakat

- Sahabuddinpur2,249 people
- Kanaura2,234 people
- Kusaila2,215 people
- Naipura2,212 people
- Bansbari2,206 people
- Bhawnathpur2,178 people
- Rehari2,165 people
- Bhaura2,157 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghordaur?2,211 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghordaur in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghordaur?72.3% (Census 2011)