# Gontha Village, Ghosi, Mau (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Ghosi, Mau 

# Gontha

Gontha is a village in Ghosi sub-district of Mau district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **9,878 people in 1,402 households**, the 2nd largest of 328 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 9,878people (2011)
- 1,402households
- 77.0%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gontha

Of every 100 households in Gontha in 2011, 64 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gontha · ■ Ghosi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**80%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**93%

Use banking services ****84%**

**86%

Television ****40%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gontha?

■ Gontha · ■ Ghosi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**1018

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**931

Working population ****29.1%**

**31.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 67.5% for women. 44% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 216 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 210 (7%) · **■** Household industry 115 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,000 (35%) · **■** Marginal 1,333 (46%)

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 Ghosi

- Amila10,495 people
- Piwatal5,696 people
- Nadwakhas5,579 people
- Pakri Buzurg5,523 people
- Lakhani Mubarakpur5,193 people

[All 345 villages in Ghosi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mau/ghosi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gontha?9,878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gontha in?Mau district (Ghosi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gontha?77.0% (Census 2011)