# Gorthara Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Gorthara

Gorthara is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,613 people in 259 households**, the 51st largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,613people (2011)
- 259households
- 60.1%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorthara

Of every 100 households in Gorthara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorthara · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

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

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gorthara?

■ Gorthara · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**939

Working population ****44.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 48.8% for women. 45% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 101 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 596 (83%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 10 (1%)

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 Marihan

- Haraura1,702 people
- Dhanawal1,663 people
- Rajgarh1,653 people
- Talar1,619 people
- Rampur Baraho1,578 people
- Atari1,534 people
- Naudiha Halalpur1,517 people
- Patehara Khurd1,483 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorthara?1,613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorthara in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorthara?60.1% (Census 2011)