Village · Nautanwa, Mahrajganj
# Gajaraha

Gajaraha is a village in Nautanwa sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,065 people in 164 households, the 186th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.
- 1,065 people (2011)
- 164 households
- 68.6% literacy
- 933 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajaraha

Of every 100 households in Gajaraha in 2011, 19 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gajaraha · ■ Nautanwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 19% 20%
- Toilet within the home 3% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 87%
- Tap water 71% 46%
- Drinking water within premises 16% 40%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 96%
- Use banking services 64% 79%
- Television 17% 16%
- Mobile phone 62% 66%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 7% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 12% 7%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gajaraha?

■ Gajaraha · ■ Nautanwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.6% 59.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 933 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 935 939
- Working population 39.4% 37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 51.1% for women. 51% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Farm labourers 2 (0%) · ■ Household industry 7 (2%) · ■ Other work 16 (4%) · ■ Marginal 395 (94%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Nautanwa
- Lalpur Kalyanpur 1,109 people
- Purushottampur 1,097 people
- Belbhar 1,095 people
- Piprahiya 1,095 people
- Paisiya Urf Konghusari 1,065 people
- Karmahva Basantpur 1,060 people
- Semrahna 1,043 people
- Mahdeva Kashiram 1,028 people

All 266 villages in Nautanwa

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gajaraha? 1,065 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajaraha in? Mahrajganj district (Nautanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gajaraha? 68.6% (Census 2011)

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