# Gahilapur Village, Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikandra, Kanpur Dehat 

# Gahilapur

Gahilapur is a village in Sikandra sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,535 people in 532 households**, the 21st largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,535people (2011)
- 532households
- 73.6%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahilapur

Of every 100 households in Gahilapur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gahilapur · ■ Sikandra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**73%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****85%**

**70%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****21%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gahilapur?

■ Gahilapur · ■ Sikandra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**858

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**890

Working population ****35.0%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 66.6% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 389 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 216 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 201 (23%) · **■** Marginal 77 (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 Sikandra

- Akna2,858 people
- Silhara2,698 people
- Aunderi2,605 people
- Kasolar2,541 people
- Kariyapur Derapur2,500 people
- Vaina2,381 people
- Khasbara2,368 people
- Harpura2,336 people

[All 211 villages in Sikandra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/sikandra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahilapur?2,535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahilapur in?Kanpur Dehat district (Sikandra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahilapur?73.6% (Census 2011)