# Ghurwakhera Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Ghurwakhera

Ghurwakhera is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,080 people in 406 households**, the 85th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,080people (2011)
- 406households
- 70.6%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghurwakhera

Of every 100 households in Ghurwakhera in 2011, 0 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghurwakhera · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**72%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**87%

Use banking services ****91%**

**73%

Television ****18%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Ghurwakhera?

■ Ghurwakhera · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**885

Working population ****31.1%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 63.3% for women. 40% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (20%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 76 (12%) · **■** Marginal 295 (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 Kanpur

- Nagapur2,141 people
- Magrasa2,138 people
- Gambhirpur Kachhar2,108 people
- Rautepur2,103 people
- Tauns2,079 people
- Purwamir2,073 people
- Harbanspur2,061 people
- Palara2,052 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghurwakhera?2,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghurwakhera in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghurwakhera?70.6% (Census 2011)