# Gordhowa Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Gordhowa

Gordhowa is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,049 people in 209 households**, the 363rd largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,049people (2011)
- 209households
- 68.8%literacy
- 1,190females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gordhowa

Of every 100 households in Gordhowa in 2011, 20 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gordhowa · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**80%

Tap water ****73%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**46%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**84%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Gordhowa?

■ Gordhowa · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1190**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**928

Working population ****30.1%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 57.4% for women. 40% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (44%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (6%) · **■** Marginal 111 (35%)

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

- Sirsia1,072 people
- Rapur Khurd1,066 people
- Ahamadpur1,059 people
- Gidaha1,051 people
- Beet Range1,048 people
- Bankatia1,026 people
- Tarakulawa1,026 people
- Bankatia1,016 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gordhowa?1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gordhowa in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gordhowa?68.8% (Census 2011)