# Gosava Village, Malihabad, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Malihabad, Lucknow 

# Gosava

Gosava is a village in Malihabad sub-district of Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,542 people in 268 households**, the 79th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 1,542people (2011)
- 268households
- 73.2%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gosava

Of every 100 households in Gosava in 2011, 29 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gosava · ■ Malihabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****81%**

**68%

Television ****37%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Gosava?

■ Gosava · ■ Malihabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**929

Working population ****28.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 60.0% for women. 45% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (7%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 66 (15%) · **■** Marginal 273 (63%)

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 Malihabad

- Kharata1,674 people
- Pakara1,626 people
- Gopal Pur1,601 people
- Mawai Khurd1,556 people
- Nai Basti Dhanewa1,539 people
- Ghusauli1,535 people
- Sarava1,534 people
- Danaur1,506 people

[All 187 villages in Malihabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/malihabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gosava?1,542 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gosava in?Lucknow district (Malihabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gosava?73.2% (Census 2011)