# Ghooripur Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Ghooripur

Ghooripur is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,131 people in 186 households**, the 230th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,131people (2011)
- 186households
- 65.7%literacy
- 1,122females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghooripur

Of every 100 households in Ghooripur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Ghooripur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**16%

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

**82%

Tap water ****21%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****81%**

**80%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**6%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ghooripur?

■ Ghooripur · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1122**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**920

Working population ****32.0%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 54.4% for women. 43% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 40 (11%) · **■** Marginal 205 (57%)

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

- Urali1,155 people
- Junedpur1,148 people
- Nagava1,140 people
- Purasarwan1,138 people
- Bhagasa1,126 people
- Kazipur1,120 people
- Sansar Patti1,110 people
- Kharauna1,102 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghooripur?1,131 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghooripur in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghooripur?65.7% (Census 2011)