# Gahlai Village, Mariahu, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mariahu, Jaunpur 

# Gahlai

Gahlai is a village in Mariahu sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,779 people in 300 households**, the 130th largest of 652 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,779people (2011)
- 300households
- 78.6%literacy
- 1,064females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahlai

Of every 100 households in Gahlai in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gahlai · ■ Mariahu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****42%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**94%

Use banking services ****86%**

**83%

Television ****69%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**6%

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 Gahlai?

■ Gahlai · ■ Mariahu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**1065

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****738**

**922

Working population ****38.4%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 65.4% for women. 44% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 184 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (16%) · **■** Other work 78 (11%) · **■** Marginal 313 (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 Mariahu

- Kolwari1,803 people
- Bhusehra1,791 people
- Dipapur1,784 people
- Chak Naraianpur1,779 people
- Ranapur1,774 people
- Bhiura1,773 people
- Utarai1,766 people
- Mai Deeh1,765 people

[All 682 villages in Mariahu](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/mariahu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahlai?1,779 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahlai in?Jaunpur district (Mariahu sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahlai?78.6% (Census 2011)