# Gurchiha Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Gurchiha

Gurchiha is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,986 people in 309 households**, the 92nd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 1,986people (2011)
- 309households
- 68.4%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurchiha

Of every 100 households in Gurchiha in 2011, 24 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gurchiha · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**84%

Tap water ****5%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****95%**

**85%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Gurchiha?

■ Gurchiha · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****785**

**941

Working population ****30.7%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 52.3% for women. 48% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (10%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 133 (22%) · **■** Marginal 210 (34%)

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 Pharenda

- Dharaicha2,058 people
- Soharwalia Kala2,025 people
- Bhainsihya2,009 people
- Dharaichi1,995 people
- Sekhui1,952 people
- Shivpur1,921 people
- Harraiya Pandit1,913 people
- Bajar Dih1,825 people

[All 233 villages in Pharenda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/pharenda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurchiha?1,986 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurchiha in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurchiha?68.4% (Census 2011)