# Gauspur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Gauspur

Gauspur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,864 people in 262 households**, the 121st largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,864people (2011)
- 262households
- 66.1%literacy
- 1,044females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gauspur

Of every 100 households in Gauspur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gauspur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**82%

Tap water ****21%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****77%**

**80%

Television ****19%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**6%

Own their home ****93%**

**98%

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 Gauspur?

■ Gauspur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1044**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1065**

**920

Working population ****28.1%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 54.2% for women. 43% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (27%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 184 (35%) · **■** Marginal 49 (9%)

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 Shahganj

- Atardeeha1,896 people
- Saefepur1,893 people
- Dehari1,867 people
- Makhadumpur1,866 people
- Kairadeeha1,858 people
- Pakari1,845 people
- Amari1,842 people
- Basauli1,836 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gauspur?1,864 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauspur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gauspur?66.1% (Census 2011)