# Goharni Village, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shamli, Muzaffarnagar 

# Goharni

Goharni is a village in Shamli sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,527 people in 775 households**, the 36th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 4,527people (2011)
- 775households
- 76.1%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goharni

Of every 100 households in Goharni in 2011, 83 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Goharni · ■ Shamli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**42%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**90%

Use banking services ****88%**

**68%

Television ****69%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**12%

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 Goharni?

■ Goharni · ■ Shamli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**874

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**836

Working population ****38.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 65.2% for women. 53% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 452 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 436 (25%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 253 (15%) · **■** Marginal 566 (33%)

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 Shamli

- Tajpur Simbhalka4,865 people
- Mant Manti4,840 people
- Badhevkandu Khera4,719 people
- Kaserwakalan4,563 people
- Tana4,504 people
- Mundetkalan4,212 people
- Rajhar4,125 people
- Kaserwakhurd4,052 people

[All 135 villages in Shamli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/shamli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Goharni?4,527 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goharni in?Muzaffarnagar district (Shamli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Goharni?76.1% (Census 2011)