# Gamhira Village, Pratapgarh, Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pratapgarh, Pratapgarh 

# Gamhira

Gamhira is a village in Pratapgarh sub-district of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,840 people in 514 households**, the 40th largest of 406 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 2,840people (2011)
- 514households
- 71.6%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gamhira

Of every 100 households in Gamhira in 2011, 18 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gamhira · ■ Pratapgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****35%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****96%**

**85%

Television ****23%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**22%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gamhira?

■ Gamhira · ■ Pratapgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**910

Working population ****31.4%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 56.8% for women. 42% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 338 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (4%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (8%) · **■** Marginal 439 (49%)

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 Pratapgarh

- Gobari2,990 people
- Bhangwa2,934 people
- Gadwara2,928 people
- Bhadausi2,896 people
- Ishipur2,834 people
- Pure Khusai2,801 people
- Nari2,712 people
- Mahuar2,686 people

[All 410 villages in Pratapgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/pratapgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gamhira?2,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gamhira in?Pratapgarh district (Pratapgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gamhira?71.6% (Census 2011)