# Gangarai Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Gangarai

Gangarai is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,475 people in 348 households**, the 172nd largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 2,475people (2011)
- 348households
- 56.1%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangarai

Of every 100 households in Gangarai in 2011, 28 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gangarai · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**80%

Tap water ****38%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**46%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**84%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Gangarai?

■ Gangarai · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.1%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****927**

**928

Working population ****71.7%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 43.6% for women. 72% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 360 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (4%) · **■** Household industry 34 (2%) · **■** Other work 536 (30%) · **■** Marginal 774 (44%)

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 Maharajganj

- Sohgaura2,505 people
- Beltikara2,500 people
- Chauparia2,493 people
- Bharawalia2,482 people
- Nadua2,465 people
- Ledawa2,451 people
- Ahirauli2,430 people
- Baida2,423 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangarai?2,475 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangarai in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gangarai?56.1% (Census 2011)