# Gaura Village, Nichlaul, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nichlaul, Mahrajganj 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Nichlaul sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,928 people in 451 households**, the 42nd largest of 282 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 2,928people (2011)
- 451households
- 65.7%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 13 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****84%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**84%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**10%

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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**59.5%

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

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**921

Working population ****20.4%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 50.1% for women. 36% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 350 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (5%) · **■** Marginal 211 (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 Nichlaul

- Bodna2,974 people
- Vajaha Urf Ahirauli2,973 people
- Kishunpur2,958 people
- Naksha Baksha2,957 people
- Khamhaura2,894 people
- Jagdaur2,891 people
- Visokhor2,889 people
- Bajahi2,887 people

[All 314 villages in Nichlaul](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nichlaul/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?2,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Mahrajganj district (Nichlaul sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?65.7% (Census 2011)