# Ganga Behad Village, Nighasan, Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nighasan, Kheri 

# Ganga Behad

Ganga Behad is a village in Nighasan sub-district of Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,220 people in 1,089 households**, the 18th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.0%.

- 6,220people (2011)
- 1,089households
- 54.1%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganga Behad

Of every 100 households in Ganga Behad in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ganga Behad · ■ Nighasan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**88%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**70%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ganga Behad?

■ Ganga Behad · ■ Nighasan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**49.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**957

Working population ****31.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 43.7% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 967 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 563 (29%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 56 (3%) · **■** Marginal 382 (19%)

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 Nighasan

- Ballipur7,274 people
- Barotha7,130 people
- Nauranga Bad6,458 people
- Kharahana6,265 people
- Barsola Kalan6,172 people
- Chakhara6,127 people
- Majhara Purab6,011 people
- Dubha5,710 people

[All 118 villages in Nighasan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kheri/nighasan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganga Behad?6,220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganga Behad in?Kheri district (Nighasan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ganga Behad?54.1% (Census 2011)