# Ghasipur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Ghasipur

Ghasipur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,274 people in 333 households**, the 71st largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,274people (2011)
- 333households
- 73.7%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghasipur

Of every 100 households in Ghasipur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghasipur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**72%

Tap water ****20%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****86%**

**73%

Television ****61%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Ghasipur?

■ Ghasipur · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**902

Working population ****65.4%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 66.1% for women. 66% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 402 (27%) · **■** Household industry 372 (25%) · **■** Other work 281 (19%) · **■** Marginal 325 (22%)

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 Chunar

- Dhuria2,320 people
- Sahjani Kalan Khurd2,306 people
- Bairampur2,300 people
- Sonpur2,282 people
- Golhanpur2,272 people
- Sakraudi2,254 people
- Khajuraul2,251 people
- Jafarabad2,233 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghasipur?2,274 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghasipur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghasipur?73.7% (Census 2011)